Influences
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Miller's Crossing contains references to many other gangster films and film noir. Many of its situations, characters and dialogue are derived from the work of Dashiell Hammett, especially his 1931 novel The Glass Key and the 1942 film that was adapted from it. Though several important plot points are different, there are significant parallels between the two stories, and many scenes and lines are culled directly from Hammett's novel.
Another important source was Hammett's novel Red Harvest (1929), which details the story of a gang war in a corrupt American city, a war initiated by the machinations of the main character. The film contains no scenes, characters, or dialogue from Red Harvest, whereas it follows the plot and main characters of The Glass Key fairly closely.
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