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The Long Good Friday

1980 · 114 min

A taut, gritty gangster thriller that grips with escalating tension and a haunting final silence.

Tagline
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
Overview
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • ambition
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller, drama
Directed by
John Mackenzie
Written by
Barrie Keeffe
Starring
Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Eddie Constantine, Paul Freeman, P.H. Moriarty
Music
Francis Monkman
Cinematography
Phil Meheux
Runtime
114 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
French, English

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