NOTES: The Coen brothers suffered such sever writer's block when penning this masterpiece that they took a break. During the break they wrote a movie about writer's block- Barton Fink.

The movie pretty much has it's own language. There's a lot of slang in the script. Click here to check out the Miller's Crossing Dictionary.

Frances McDormand has an uncredited cameo as the mayor's secretary. She flashes Tom with a very saucy look on her way past him.

The building Tom lives in is called The Barton Arms, a clear reference to the movie Barton Fink.

The Coen brothers wrote the part of Leo specifically for Trey Wilson, who played Nathan Arizona in Raising Arizona. Unfortunately he died shortly before production began so Albert Finney took over the role.

In early versions of the script Eddie Dane was calles Bluepoint.

On the subject of Finney if you look closely at the scene where Tom bursts into the women's washroom you may notice Finney dressed in drag...

Gabriel Byrne was supposed to have an American accent in Miller's Crossing, but was having trouble reading the Coen's dialogue with the accent, so abandoned it in favour of his normal brogue.

IN "MILLER'S CROSSING" EDITED BY MICHAEL MILLER PRODUCTION DESIGNER DENNIS GASSNER DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY BARRY SONNENFELD