The Long Good Friday (1980)
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1980-11-01
- Runtime:
- 114 min
- Genres:
- Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Director:
- John Mackenzie
- Top cast:
- Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Eddie Constantine
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 7.2/10 from 425 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 7.0/10