# The Long Good Friday (1980)

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**Runtime**: 114 min
**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

> *Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

London docks burning under a March wind, the rain turning everything slippery and black.

The city’s biggest criminal plans a legit empire with American gold until a bomb blows apart his world on the night they arrive to seal the deal.

John Mackenzie’s Thatcher-era thriller lets you taste the sawdust before the execution.

**Mood tags**: gut-punch, paranoid, raw

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