History Film / MillersCrossing

-->-- '''Verna Birnbaum'''

* NiceHat: The entire cast, to the point of being a reoccurring motif.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

-->-- '''Verna'''

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* DelusionsOfEloquence: Johnny Caspar talks like this a lot.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Frankie and Tic-Tac, Johnny Caspar's two stooges.

* ReCut: The Criterion release trims out about two minutes of film, most notably the "Jesus, Tom" line, reportedly at the behest of the Coens. Controversy arose because at not point did Criterion mention that these cuts were made.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Bernie's murder of Mink. Needless to say, Eddie Dane is very unhappy about this.]]

* PlayingBothSides: Tom schemes all the time to pull this off. Very similar or almost identical themes are seen in ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'' and ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' since all these films are based on Dashiel Hammett works.

* NiceHat: The entire cast, to the point of being a reoccuring motif.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's set in an unnamed town, although it was filmed in [[TheBigEasy New Orleans]]. However, there is a clue late in the film which points to the New York City area: Tom tells Verna to leave town and go to "the Palisades" until everything blows over. The Palisades is a stretch of rocky cliffs of Bergen County in Northern New Jersey and Rockland County of New York State.

* CatchPhraser: Various characters say "Jesus, Tom!" eight times throughout the film.

* YourCheatingHeart: Verna is seeing both Leo and Tom, using them both, though only Tom knows that she's not loyal.

* BadassGay: The Dane. He is more or less the strongest and most feared enforcer in the city, he wields a [[CoolGuns Cool Webley Mk VI]], and he absolutely beats the living shit out of a ''professional prizefighter''.

** Bernie tells Tom that Verna tried to sleep with him (see BrotherSisterIncest above) and calls her a "sick twist." Tom says she's always spoken highly of Bernie, and Bernie's response is "Well, you stick by your family."
* IdiotBall: Frankie and Tic-Tac are given orders to make sure Tom kills Bernie. So what do they do? They stand by the car and ''wait while Tom walks Bernie into the woods. '''[[SoundOnlyDeath Alone]].''''' This is later lampshaded by the Dane, who beats them both up for being stupid and goes to check for a body.

%%* BadassInANiceSuit

* BerserkButton: Johnny Caspar is sick of "the high hat" and there's nothing he can't stand more than "a [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder double-cross]] [[ManipulativeBastard artist.]]"

%%* TheChessmaster: Tom.

%%* FakeDefector
%%* FakingTheDead

%%* HeManWomanHater: Eddie Dane

* JerkassHasAPoint: Tom is arguably a jerk towards everyone because of his bluntness; nevertheless, he is right about everything he warns Leo about and has to weasel himself out of the mess when Leo ignores him.

%%** Leo.

%%* ModestyBedsheet

%%* MotorMouth: Mink.

%%* ShaggyDogStory

%%* SmokingIsCool

%%* TheRoaringTwenties

%%* TheUnseen: Lazarre.

%%* WildCard: Tom

%%* YourCheatingHeart

** Leo.
** Also [[spoiler:Eddie Dane, who easily sees through Tom's manipulations until Mink's death sends him into a blind rage, letting Tom turn Caspar against the Dane]].

* ModestyBedsheet

* MotorMouth: Mink.

* SmokingIsCool

* TheRoaringTwenties

* TheUnseen: Lazarre.

* VomitIndiscretionShot

* WildCard: Tom

* YourCheatingHeart

* TheChessmaster: Tom.

* FakeDefector
* FakingTheDead

* HeManWomanHater: Eddie Dane

* BlackComedy

* PhraseCatcher: "Jesus, Tom!"

* BadassGrandpa:
** Leo. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAnD9P4ummA "The old man's still an artist with a Thompson."]]
** Tic-Tac. Moments after Tom has hit a GiantMook across the face with a chair, Tic-Tac strides into the room and, without pausing, snatches the chair from Tom's hands, whereupon he and the GiantMook inflict a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Tom.
* BadassInANiceSuit

* [[{{BFG}} BFG]]: During a shooting in the middle of the gang war, Caspar's gang's already massive amount of firepower is topped off when they unveil a Browning M1917 machine gun.