Miller's Crossing Miller's Crossing Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist, Tom Reagan (Byrne), plays both sides off against each other. In 2005, "Time" chose "Miller's Crossing" as one of the 100 greatest films made since the inception of the periodical. "Time" critic Richard Corliss called it a "noir with a touch so light, the film seems to float on the
Gabriel Byrne Dublin. He later joined the Performing Arts Course in Sandymount Dublin 4 (Roslyn Park College) . Byrne came to prominence on the final season of the Irish television show "The Riordans", subsequently starring in his own spin-off series, "Bracken". His first play for television was Michael Feeney Callan's "Love Is ..." (RTÉ). He made his film debut in 1981, as King Uther Pendragon in John Boorman's King Arthur epic, "Excalibur". In 1983, he appeared with Richard Burton in the miniseries "Wagner", co-starring Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. In 1985, Byrne starred in the acclaimed political thriller "Defence of