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The Long Good Friday
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
1980 · Directed by John Mackenzie · 114 min · Crime · Thriller · Drama · 19 frames
Tagline
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
Crew
- Written by: Barrie Keeffe
- Cinematography: Phil Meheux
- Edited by: Mike Taylor
- Music: Francis Monkman
- Produced by: Barry Hanson
Cast
- Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand
- Helen Mirren as Victoria
- Dave King as Parky
- Bryan Marshall as Harris
- Derek Thompson as Jeff
- Eddie Constantine as Charlie
- Paul Freeman as Colin
- P.H. Moriarty as Razors
- Alan Ford as Jack
- Paul Barber as Erroll
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: French, English
- Studios: Calendar Productions, Handmade Films, Black Lion Films
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box office: $500,000
- Themes: london, england, casino, england, gangster, crime boss, car bomb, slaughterhouse, ira (irish republican army), bombing, neo-noir
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