The Long Good Friday (1980)

11/01/1980 (GB) • 1h 54m

Crime, Thriller, Drama, Mystery

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

london, england

casino

england

gangster

crime boss

car bomb

slaughterhouse

ira (irish republican army)

bombing

neo-noir

gay theme

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