Johnny Caspar

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Johnny Caspar is a volatile and scheming Italian mob boss in the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era crime film "Miller's Crossing."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist
fictional character
film character
mob boss
affiliation Italian crime syndicate
alignment criminal underworld
appearsIn Miller's Crossing NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme corruption
ethics in crime
loyalty and betrayal
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Ethan Coen NERFINISHED
Joel Coen NERFINISHED
employs The Dane NERFINISHED
enemyOf Leo O'Bannon NERFINISHED
Tom Reagan NERFINISHED
ethnicity Italian-American
firstAppearance Miller's Crossing (1990) NERFINISHED
gender male
genre crime film
gangster film
hairColor dark
killedBy Tom Reagan NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
medium feature film
narrativeRole primary antagonist
notableQuote "Ethics!"
"It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight."
occupation crime boss
racketeer
personalityTrait paranoid
scheming
superstitious
violent
volatile
portrayedBy Jon Polito NERFINISHED
setting Prohibition-era American city
weaponOfChoice handgun

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Miller's Crossing hasCharacter Johnny Caspar