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YEAR: 1990

DIRECTOR: Joel Coen

SCREENPLAY: Joel and Ethan Coen

MUSIC: Carter Burwell

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Barry Sonnenfeld

CAST
Gabriel Byrne Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan
Would he sell out a friend?
Albert Finney Albert Finney as Leo
Is he still the boss?
Marcia Gay Harden Marcia Gay Harden as Verna
Is she Leo's girl?
Jon Polito Jon Polito as Johnny Caspar
Can he muscle in?
J.E. Freeman J.E. Freeman as Eddie Dane
Has he got it figured?
John Turturro John Turturro as Bernie Bernbaum
Will he turn the tables?
Also Starring
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
Cameos
Frances McDormand as Secretary
Sam Raimi as Snickering Gunman

Millers Crossing stars Gabriel Byrne, four-time Academy Award nominee Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito and J.E. Freeman. Set in 1929 in an unnamed Eastern city, it's the compelling story of the friendship between Leo (Finney), the local political boss, and Tom (Byrne), the man behind the man. Their friendship is severed when Leo and Tom fall in love with the same woman. Tom joins ranks with Johnny Caspar, Leo's foremost enemy and rival for political power, and a bloody gang war erupts.

Purchase these Miller's Crossing products!
In Association With Amazon.com The Movie: DVD / VHS

Buy these other Coen Brothers movies from Amazon.com:
Blood Simple: DVD / VHS, Raising Arizona: DVD / VHS, Barton Fink: DVD / VHS, The Hudsucker Proxy: DVD / VHS, Fargo: DVD / VHS, The Big Lebowski: DVD / VHS, O Brother, Where Art Thou?: DVD / VHS, The Man Who Wasn't There: DVD / VHS, Intolerable Cruelty: DVD / VHS, and The Ladykillers: DVD / VHS.

The Screenplay: Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing; includes the complete script from both movies, including deleted scenes from Miller's Crossing.
Buy these other screenplays and books from the Coen Brothers:
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen: Collected Screenplays 1, Gates of Eden, The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way: Poems, Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, The Big Lebowski: The Making of..., O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn't There, Intolerable Cruelty, and The Ladykillers.

The CD: Miller's Crossing Original Soundtrack; Music composed by Carter Burwell.
Carter Burwell has also composed some of these Coen Brothers' films:
Blood Simple & Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo/Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Down from the Mountain, The Man Who Wasn't There, Intolerable Cruelty, and The Ladykillers.

Deleted Scenes Tommy Gun Scene: Shot by Shot
Classic Lines Glossary
Washington Post review / poster Trivia
Production Notes Full Script

Last updated August 19, 2007
(Added the trailer and updated the Trivia section)

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