Miller’s Crossing is a movie directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen in 1990 and inspired by the book Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett, first published in 1929. The movie features Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Albert Finney, Jon Polito, J.E. Freeman, John Turturro, and others.
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Book by Dashiell Hammett
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Storyline
Tom Reagan is the right-hand man for Leo O’Bannon, an Irish mobster and political boss who runs a U.S. city during Prohibition. Tom tries everything he can to convince Leo to give Bernie up to Caspar to prevent a war; he attempts to convince Leo that Verna is playing him to protect her brother but Leo will not be swayed.
Movie vs Book
Year
1990
Minutes
115
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Miller's Crossing
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Length: 1h55m
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Year
1929
Pages
215
Book Rate
7.92
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Book
Red Harvest
Author: Dashiell Hammett
Country: USA
First published in: 1929
Length: 215 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Hobart Henley
Movie by Akira Kurosawa
Movie by Sergio Leone
User polls & recommendations
“I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.”
KATE BECKINSALE (Actress)
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