Miller's Crossing Circle Films presents a Ted and Jim Pedas, Ben Barenholtz, Bill Durkin production ; directed by Joel Coen ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublication details: United States : Twentieth Century Fox, 1990.Description: 1 dvd sd., col. ; 35 mm. ref printSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • CGB 3951-3956 (ref print)
Production credits:
  • Executive producer, Ben Barenholtz ; music, Carter Burwell ; director of photography, Barry Sonnenfeld.
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro.Summary: Joel and Ethan Coen's third collaboration, the gangster film Miller's Crossing, stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan, the right-hand man of big-city Irish mob boss Leo (Albert Finney). The film opens with Italian mobster Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) and his second in command Eddie Dane (J.E. Freeman) informing Leo and Tom that they are going to kill bookie Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) because he has been revealing Caspar's fixed fights to other gamblers. Leo informs Caspar that Bernie pays for protection and is not to be touched. After the Italians leave in a huff, Tom informs Leo that he should give up Bernie. Tom and Leo are both involved with Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), Bernie's sister. After a failed hit on Leo starts a full-scale mob war, Tom reveals to Leo the truth about his relationship with Verna. This leads to a falling-out between the pair. Tom goes to work for Caspar, but in truth, he is still loyal to Leo. Tom figures out how to manipulate all of the situations so that Leo survives, but this may cost Tom his relationship with Verna.
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Copyright: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. DCR 1990; PUB 27Jul90; REG 27Sep90; PA480-215.

Reference sources used: Monthly film bulletin, v. 58, no. 685, p. 49-50; Variety, 9/3/90.

Executive producer, Ben Barenholtz ; music, Carter Burwell ; director of photography, Barry Sonnenfeld.

New York times, 9/21/90, p. C1, C20.

Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro.

Joel and Ethan Coen's third collaboration, the gangster film Miller's Crossing, stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan, the right-hand man of big-city Irish mob boss Leo (Albert Finney). The film opens with Italian mobster Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) and his second in command Eddie Dane (J.E. Freeman) informing Leo and Tom that they are going to kill bookie Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) because he has been revealing Caspar's fixed fights to other gamblers. Leo informs Caspar that Bernie pays for protection and is not to be touched. After the Italians leave in a huff, Tom informs Leo that he should give up Bernie. Tom and Leo are both involved with Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), Bernie's sister. After a failed hit on Leo starts a full-scale mob war, Tom reveals to Leo the truth about his relationship with Verna. This leads to a falling-out between the pair. Tom goes to work for Caspar, but in truth, he is still loyal to Leo. Tom figures out how to manipulate all of the situations so that Leo survives, but this may cost Tom his relationship with Verna.

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