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The Long Good Friday (1980)

The Long Good Friday (1980)

Drama Crime Thriller

Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?

Release Date: 1980, November 1
Directors: John Mackenzie
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Calendar Productions, Handmade Films, Black Lion Films
Cast: Harry Fielder, Helen Mirren, Trevor Laird, Kevin McNally, Paul Freeman, Peter McNamara, Tony Clarkin, Alan Ford, Charles Cork, Pierce Brosnan, Tony Rohr, Derek Thompson

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.

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