The Long Good Friday

About The Long Good Friday

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.

The Long Good Friday (1980) is a crime thriller film directed by John Mackenzie. Released in November 1980, it runs 114 minutes.

Bob Hoskins takes the lead as Harold Shand, Helen Mirren as Victoria, Dave King as Parky, and Bryan Marshall as Harris. Written by Barrie Keeffe.

Shelv files it under england, casino, crime boss, and bombing. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Pulp Fiction, Dr. No, and Layer Cake make useful companions to The Long Good Friday, all filed under gangster and neo-noir. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 461 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.