Release Date: September 18th, 1990
DVD Release Date: May 20th, 2003
R|1 hr 54 min
Plot Summary
When the Italian Mafia threatens to kill a crooked bookie (John Turturro), Irish mob boss Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney) refuses to allow it, chiefly because he's dating the bookie's sister, crafty gun moll Verna Bernbaum (Marcia Gay Harden). Leo's right-hand man, Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne), is also seeing Verna on the sly, and when he's found out is obliged to switch sides, going to work for the Italian mob amidst a dramatically escalating gang war over liquor distribution.
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman, Mike Starr, Al Mancini
Director: Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
Genres: Crime drama
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Circle Films, Inc.
