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April 10, 2026
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"Olek Krupa - Tad"
"Steve Buscemi - Mink"
"Thomas Toner - O'Doole"
"Richard Woods - Mayor Dale Levander"
"Al Mancini - Tic-Tac"
"Mike Starr - Frankie"
"Albert Finney - Liam 'Leo' O'Bannon"
"J.E. Freeman - Eddie Dane"
"Jon Polito - Johnny Caspar"
"John Turturro - Bernie Bernbaum"
"Marcia Gay Harden - Verna Bernbaum"
"Gabriel Byrne - Tom Reagan"
"Nothing is what it seems at Miller's Crossing."
"Up is down, black is white, and nothing is what it seems."
"Tic-Tac: C'mon, Tom. Boss wants to see ya. He didn't have time to engrave nothin' formal."
"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."
"Verna: That's you all over, Tom. A lie, and no heart."
"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."
"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."
"You understand that if we don't find a stiff out here, we leave a fresh one."
"Up is down, black is white."
"I am gonna send you to a deep, dark place and I am gonna have fun doing it!"
"Go ahead and run sweetie, I'll track down all you whores."
"You dumpin' Leo for the guy that put a bullet in your brother?"
"Do you know who I am?"
"Then I wondered "Why would Einstein want to talk to a gorilla?" So I grab the gorilla and I beat it out of him."
"Ever noticed how the snappy dialog dries up once a guy starts soiling his union suit?"
"You killed Mink you son of a bitch! You killed Mink, and by God I'll hear you say it!"
"You are so goddamn smart. Except you ain't."
"You double-cross once - where's it all end? An interesting ethical question."
"It's like I tell all of my boys. [Casper shoots Eddie Dane] Always put one in the brain!"
"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!"
"What is this, the high hat?"
"Shut you son of a bitch! Son of a bitch! You stupid son of a bitch."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Tell Leo he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains."
"[to Caspar] My chin's hanging out right next to yours. I'd worry a lot less if I thought you were worrying enough."
"[to Bernie] Shut up. You're dead, get me?"
"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."
"Sister, when I've raised hell, you'll know it."
"Close your eyes ladies! I'm comin' in!"
"Nobody knows anybody. Not that well."
"If I'd known we were gonna cast our feelings into words, I'd've memorized the Song of Solomon."
"[to Joe] Do you think I feel good? Nobody feels good. After childhood, it's a fact of life. I feel rotten. So what? I don't let it bother me. I don't let it interfere with my job."
"Marry me...Marry me and then jump in the volcano. What is the problem? You're afraid of the commitment? You're gonna have to love and honor me for about 30 seconds. You can't handle that?"
"[to Joe] I've always kept clear of my father's stuff ever since I got out on my own. And now he's pulling me back in. He knew I wanted this boat and he used it and he got me working for him, which I swore I would never do. I feel ashamed because I had a price. He named it and now I know that about myself. And I could treat you like I did back out on the dock, but that would be me kicking myself for selling out, which isn't fair to you. Doesn't make me feel any better. I don't know what your situation is but I wanted you to know what mine is not just to explain some rude behavior, but because we're on a little boat for a while and... I'm soul sick. And you're going to see that."
"I have no people of my own, Chief. I'm my only hope for a hero."