Miller's Crossing
- Director: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
- Writer: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
- Producer: Ben Barenholtz; Ethan Coen
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3 gay gangsters - and mayhem...make for a fine film indeed.
The Coens don't spoon-feed - you'll have to pay attention...it's worth it.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. Two rival gangs vie for control of a city where the police are pawns, and the periodic busts of illicit drinking establishments are no more than a way for one gang to get back at the other. Black humour and shocking violence compete for screen time as we question whether or not Tom, right-hand man of the Irish mob leader, really has a heart.
Cast & Characters
Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan;
Marcia Gay Harden as Verna;
John Turturro as Bernie Bernbaum;
Jon Polito as Johnny Caspar;
J.E. Freeman as Eddie Dane;
Albert Finney as Leo;
Mike Starr as Frankie;
Al Mancini as Tic-Tac;
Richard Woods as Mayor Dale Levander;
Thomas Toner as O'Doole;
Steve Buscemi as Mink;
Mario Todisco as Clarence 'Drop' Johnson;
Olek Krupa as Tad; Michael Jeter as Adolph;
Lanny Flaherty as Terry