Rating: R
Genre:
Crime
Theatrical Release: 09/22/1990(USA)
Release Date: 05/20/2003
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD4.0/DDS2.0
Run Time: 115 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
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.
~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
