The Long Good Friday (1980)

7.2/10 • 114 min • Crime Thriller Drama

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 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

Paul Barber

Erroll

Karl Howman

David

Brian Hall

Alan

Patti Love

Carol Benson

Pierce Brosnan

1st Irishman

Daragh O'Malley

2nd Irishman

Kevin McNally

Irish Youth

Tony Rohr

O'Flaherty

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