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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. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

Crime
Drama
Mystery

1980 | 1 h 54 min

Director: John Mackenzie

Stars: Paul Freeman, Bob Hoskins

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