Summary:
A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. Two rival gangs vie for control of a city where the police are pawns, and the periodic busts of illicit drinking establishments are no more than a way for one gang to get back at the other. Black humour and shocking violence compete for screen time as we question whether or not Tom, right-hand man of the Irish mob leader, really has a heart.
| Runtime: | 115 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
| Country: | USA |
| Languages: | English, Italian, Yiddish, Irish Gaelic |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ethan Coen | Director |
| Joel Coen | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Dashiell Hammett | Writer |
| Ethan Coen | Written By |
| Joel Coen | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Albert Finney | Leo |
| Gabriel Byrne | Tom Reagan |
| John Turturro | Bernie Bernbaum |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Al Mancini | Tic-Tac |
| J.E. Freeman | Eddie Dane |
| Jon Polito | Johnny Caspar |
| Lanny Flaherty | Terry |
| Marcia Gay Harden | Verna |
| Mario Todisco | Clarence "Drop" Johnson |
| Michael Jeter | Adolph |
| Mike Starr | Frankie |
| Olek Krupa | Tad |
| Richard Woods | Mayor Dale Levander |
| Steve Buscemi | Mink |
| Thomas Toner | O'Doole |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ben Barenholtz | Executive Producer |
| Ethan Coen | Producer |
| Graham Place | Line Producer |
| Joel Coen | Producer |
| Mark Silverman | Co-Producer |
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