20 Things You Didn't Know About Miller's Crossing

If you look really carefully, you will notice that the Evil Dead and Spider-Man director, Sam Raimi has a small cameo, playing the lead officer of a police firing squad. The Coens and Raimi were close friends - they worked together on the 1985 underrated comedy, Crimewave, in which Raimi was the director, and the Coens were co-writers.

Also, there are various other cameos that you might have missed. The secretary of the major, is played by Frances McDormand, who is Joel’s wife. Also, Finney appears again in the film, other than his actual role, in drag as an elderly female ladies’ room attendant.