Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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Gabriel Byrne
Tom Reagan
Marcia Gay Harden
Verna
John Turturro
Bernie Bernbaum
Jon Polito
Johnny Caspar
J.E. Freeman
Eddie Dane
Albert Finney
Leo
Mike Starr
Frankie
Al Mancini
Tic-Tac
Steve Buscemi
Mink
Richard Woods
Mayor Dale Levander
Director
Joel Coen
Screenplay
Joel Coen
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$14,000,000
Revenue
$5,080,409
Production
Circle Films
John Chard
November 13, 2014
The answer my friend is a hat blowing in the wind. The Coen brothers craft a loving homage to gangster pictures of yore with splendid results. Essentially the plot has Gabriel Byrne as a good - bad guy caught between two rival gangster factions. It's a standard story line that is still providing cinematic water for many a film maker these days, but shot through the Coen prism, with literary ast...
CinemaSerf
August 26, 2023
Gabriel Byrne is "Reagan", the enforcer for the pretty ruthless mob kingpin "Leo" (Albert Finney). He is caught in the middle of a battle between his boss and the man who would take his place "Caspar" (John Polito) over the antics of a rogue bookie "Bernie" (the scene-stealing John Turturro) who also happens to be the brother of "Verna" (Marcia Gay Harden) - the girlfriend of Leo, oh - and the mis...
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