Miller's Crossing

"If I'd known we were gonna cast our feelings into words, I'd've memorized the Song of Solomon."

"Nobody knows anybody. Not that well."

"Close your eyes ladies! I'm comin' in!"

"Sister, when I've raised hell, you'll know it."

"You don't hold elected office in this town. You run it because people think you do. They stop thinking it, you stop running it."

"[to Bernie] Shut up. You're dead, get me?"

"[to Caspar] My chin's hanging out right next to yours. I'd worry a lot less if I thought you were worrying enough."

"Tell Leo he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains."

"If you want me to keep my mouth shut, it's gonna cost you some dough. I figure a thousand bucks is reasonable, so I want two."

"It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust? For a good return, you gotta go bettin' on chance - and then you're back with anarchy, right back in the jungle."

"I'm talkin' about friendship. I'm talkin' about character. I'm talkin' about - hell. Leo, I ain't embarrassed to use the word - I'm talkin' about ethics."

"You got references? You been to college? We ONLY take yeggs what's been to college, ain't that right, Dane? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! I'm joking, of course."

"Shut you son of a bitch! Son of a bitch! You stupid son of a bitch."

"What is this, the high hat?"

"That son of a bitch! I had a feeling about this son of a bitch! We silence him! And we do the same to Mink this very night!"

"It's like I tell all of my boys. [Casper shoots Eddie Dane] Always put one in the brain!"

"You double-cross once - where's it all end? An interesting ethical question."

"You are so goddamn smart. Except you ain't."

"You killed Mink you son of a bitch! You killed Mink, and by God I'll hear you say it!"

"Ever noticed how the snappy dialog dries up once a guy starts soiling his union suit?"

"Then I wondered "Why would Einstein want to talk to a gorilla?" So I grab the gorilla and I beat it out of him."

"Do you know who I am?"

"Jesus, I open my mouth, the whole world turns smart."

"You dumpin' Leo for the guy that put a bullet in your brother?"

"Go ahead and run sweetie, I'll track down all you whores."

"I am gonna send you to a deep, dark place and I am gonna have fun doing it!"

"Up is down, black is white."

"You understand that if we don't find a stiff out here, we leave a fresh one."

"Leo O'Bannion: [to Caspar] You ain't got a license to kill bookies and today I ain't sellin'. So take your flunky and dangle."

"Verna: Maybe that's why I like you, Tom. I've never met anyone who made being a son of a bitch such a point of pride."

"Verna: That's you all over, Tom. A lie, and no heart."

"Tic-Tac: You gotta remember to put one in his BRAIN. Your first shot puts him down, then you put one in his BRAIN. Then he's dead. Then we go home."

"Tic-Tac: C'mon, Tom. Boss wants to see ya. He didn't have time to engrave nothin' formal."

"Up is down, black is white, and nothing is what it seems."

"Nothing is what it seems at Miller's Crossing."

"Gabriel Byrne - Tom Reagan"

"Marcia Gay Harden - Verna Bernbaum"

"John Turturro - Bernie Bernbaum"

"Jon Polito - Johnny Caspar"

"J.E. Freeman - Eddie Dane"

"Albert Finney - Liam 'Leo' O'Bannon"

"Mike Starr - Frankie"

"Al Mancini - Tic-Tac"

"Richard Woods - Mayor Dale Levander"

"Thomas Toner - O'Doole"

"Steve Buscemi - Mink"

"Olek Krupa - Tad"

"Lanny Flaherty - Terry"

"David Darlow - Lazarre's Messenger"