Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) is the right-hand man for Irish mobster Leo O’Bannon (Albert Finney), a political boss who runs an unnamed U.S. city during Prohibition. In Tom’s presence, Leo’s rival, the Italian gangster Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), demands the right to kill bookie Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro), whom he suspects of profiting off of Caspar’s match fixing scheme. Leo declares Bernie off limits, setting off a mob war.Miller’s Crossing 1990 Movie Download.
Leo is seeing Bernie’s sister, Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), so he is not swayed as Tom presses him to give up Bernie to Caspar. In vain, Tom tries to convince Leo that Verna is playing him to protect her brother. When the war heats up with an assassination attempt on Leo, Tom presses the point of Verna’s disloyalty by revealing he has been sleeping with her behind Leo’s back. Leo publicly beats up Tom and cuts ties with both of them.Cast out and needing work, Tom turns to Caspar. As a loyalty test, Caspar commands Tom to kill Bernie, an awkward request given Tom’s relationship with Bernie’s sister. With Caspar’s henchmen in tow, Tom leads Bernie to his execution spot in the woods at Miller’s Crossing. Bernie grovels for his life, pleading “Look in your heart”. Tom fakes the killing by firing his gun into the ground and orders Bernie to leave town. Caspar’s henchmen, who are within earshot but cannot see the two men, are fooled and neglect to check for the body before leaving with Tom.
With Leo weakened, Caspar takes his place as city boss, controlling the police and using them to destroy Leo’s operations.Within Caspar’s gang, there is tension between Tom and Caspar’s trusted enforcer, the brutal Eddie Dane (“the Dane”) (J. E. Freeman). Upon learning that his men didn’t actually see Tom kill Bernie, the Dane takes Tom back to Miller’s Crossing to verify that Bernie’s corpse is there.