Top Billed Cast

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
Tom Toner
O'Doole
Mario Todisco
Clarence 'Drop' Johnson
Olek Krupa
Tad
Michael Jeter
Adolph
Lanny Flaherty
Terry
Jeanette Kontomitras
Mrs. Caspar
Louis Charles Mounicou III
Johnny Caspar, Jr.
John McConnell
Cop - Brian
Danny Aiello III
Cop - Delahanty
Helen Jolly
Screaming Lady
Hilda McLean
Landlady
Monte Starr
Gunman in Leo's House
Don Picard
Gunman in Leo's House
Salvatore H. Tornabene
Rug Daniels
Kevin Dearie
Street Urchin
Michael Badalucco
Caspar's Driver
Charles Ferrara
Caspar's Butler
Esteban Fernández
Caspar's Cousin
George Fernandez
Caspar's Cousin
Charles Gunning
Hitman at Verna's
Dave Drinkx
Hitman #2
David Darlow
Lazarre's Messenger
Robert LaBrosse
Lazarre's Tough
Carl Rooney
Lazarre's Tough
Jack Harris
Man with Pipe Bomb
Jery Hewitt
Son of Erin
Sam Raimi
Snickering Gunman
John Schnauder Jr.
Cop with Bullhorn
Zolly Levin
Rabbi
Joey Ancona
Boxer
Bill Raye
Boxer
William Preston Robertson
Voice (voice)
Frances McDormand
Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
MIchael P. Cahill
Casino Patron (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Thu Nov 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 astuteness holding court, it's a genre piece of considerable class. A picture in fact that gets better and better with further viewings. When the Coen's are on form they have the skills to make a grade...