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The Long Good Friday

  • 1980
  • TMDB 7.2/10
  • 1h 54m

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.

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Overview

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.

Cast

  • Bob HoskinsHarold Shand
  • Helen MirrenVictoria
  • Dave KingParky
  • Bryan MarshallHarris
  • Derek ThompsonJeff
  • Eddie ConstantineCharlie
  • Paul FreemanColin
  • P.H. MoriartyRazors

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