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The Long Good Friday(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-11-01
71%
375 Votes
Time: 1h 54m
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
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.
Languages: French, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Calendar Productions
Black Lion Films
Movie: The Long Good Friday
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bob Hoskins
Harold Shand
Helen Mirren
Victoria
Dave King
Parky
Bryan Marshall
Harris
Derek Thompson
Jeff
Eddie Constantine
Charlie
Paul Freeman
Colin
P.H. Moriarty
Razors
Alan Ford
Jack
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#dontforgetbob - Bob Hoskins stars in The Long Good Friday
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The Long Good Friday panel discussion with Paul Barber | BFI
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The Long Good Friday panel discussion with Paul Barber | BFI - Featurette
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