The Long Good Friday(1980)

Behind the story

What is The Long Good Friday about?

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.

Genres

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Directed by

John Mackenzie

Release date

1980-11-01

Status

Released

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