The Long Good Friday (1980)

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.

Released

1980-11-01

Genres

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Runtime

114 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

John Mackenzie

TMDB rating

7.2/10 from 459 votes