The Long Good Friday (1980)
- Starring:
- Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, (more)
- Director(s):
- John MacKenzie
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Foreign
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John Mackenzie's masterfully directed British crime drama features a star-making performance by Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand, a successful London gangster whose world falls apart over the course of one weekend. Shand controls the London docks and is planning a big real estate deal, financed by money from the American mob and given the okay by the London organization. His world is sweet -- he lives in a fancy penthouse, he owns a yacht, and has a sensitive and intelligent mistress. But suddenly a bomb explodes inside his Rolls Royce, another bomb destroys a pub he owns, and a third is found inside his casino. Shand can't understand who would suddenly want him dead, particularly over the Easter weekend, when representatives from the American mafia are coming into town to discuss investing in Shands's real estate project. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 109 mins
Complete Cast:
- Bob Hoskins - Harold Shand
- Eddie Constantine - Charlie
- Brian Hall - Alan
- Stephen Davies - Tony
- Bryan Marshall - Harris
- Paul Freeman - Colin
- Paul Barber - Erroll
- Bruce Alexander - Mac
- Tony Rohr - O'Flaherty
- Simone Reynolds
- Bill Moody - Boston
- Paul Kernber - Ginger
- Robert Walker, Jr. - Jimmy
- Michael Byrne
- Karl Howman - David
- Olivier Pierre - Chef
- Kevin McNally - Irish Youth
- Alan Devlin - Priest
- Trevor Laird - Boy under car
- Helen Mirren - Victoria
- Dave King - Parky
- Pierce Brosnan - 1st Irishman
- Derek Thompson - Jeff Hughes
- P.H. Moriarty - Razors
- Charles Cork - Eric
- Patti Love - Carol
- Pauline Melville - Dora
- Billy Cornelius - Pete
- James Ottaway - Commissionaire
- Robert Hamilton - Flynn
- Roy Alon - Captain Death
- Nick Stringer - Billy
- Daragh O'Malley - 2nd Irishman
- Alan Ford - Jack
- Ryan Michael - Waiter Ricardo
- George Coulouris - Gus
- Dexter Fletcher - Kid
- Director(s):
- John MacKenzie
- Writer(s):
- Barrie Keeffe
- Producer(s):
- Barry Hanson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Violence, Nudity, Profanity, Not For Children, Brief Nudity)
- Categories:
- Foreign
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- 1982 - The Long Good Friday - Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Best Screenplay








