Miller's Crossing (1990)

Directed by

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Genre

drama film, comedy film, action film, film noir, comedy drama, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 1,864 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a Prohibition-era city, two rival gangs clash for control. A clever but loyal adviser tries to play both sides to stay alive.

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What happens

Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist, Tom Reagan (Byrne), plays both sides against each other. In 2005, Time chose Miller's Crossing as one of the 100 greatest films made since the inception of the periodical. Time critic Richard Corliss called it a "noir with a touch so light, the film seems to float on the breeze like the frisbee of a fedora sailing through the forest". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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