The Long Good Friday
7.5
“Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?”
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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Cast
47 people
Bob Hoskins
Harold Shand
Known for
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Super Mario Bros.
Helen Mirren
Victoria
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Monsters University
MobLand
Dave King
Parky
Known for
Revolution
Cuba
Bryan Marshall
Harris
Known for
The Punisher
Quatermass and the Pit
Derek Thompson
Jeff
Known for
Casualty
Blue Lights
Eddie Constantine
Charlie
Known for
Alphaville
World on a Wire
Paul Freeman
Colin
Known for
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Bible
P.H. Moriarty
Razors
Known for
Frank Herbert's Dune
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Alan Ford
Jack
Known for
Snatch
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Paul Barber
Erroll
Known for
Going Postal
The Full Monty
Karl Howman
David
Known for
EastEnders
Babylon
Nick Stringer
Billy
Known for
The Shout
The New Statesman
John Mackenzie Director · Barrie Keeffe Writer Francis Monkman Composer
Worldwide gross $500K · Budget $1M · United States release April 2, 1982
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
Calendar Productions
Production
Handmade Films
Production
Black Lion Films
Production
British Lion Films
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
France · May 17, 1980
Premiere · Cannes Film Market
United Kingdom · November 1, 1980
Theatrical
United States · April 2, 1982
Theatrical
United States · November 24, 1998
Physical · DVD
United States
April 4, 2006 · Physical · DVD
August 24, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
February 1, 2011 · Physical · DVD
September 17, 2024 · Physical · The Criterion Collection 4K+Blu-Ray
Australia
June 11, 1981 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 2011 · Physical · DVD
Canada
June 21, 2004 · Physical · DVD
September 17, 2024 · Physical · The Criterion Collection 4K+Blu-Ray
Denmark
January 21, 1983 · Theatrical
Finland
July 10, 1981 · Theatrical
France
October 19, 1983 · Theatrical
Germany
January 22, 1987 · Theatrical
December 6, 2004 · Physical · DVD
April 4, 2015 · Physical · Blu-ray
June 15, 2023 · Digital
Greece
December 22, 2004 · Physical · DVD
Iceland
December 17, 1981 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 21, 1981 · Theatrical
Italy
April 28, 1989 · TV
Japan
June 21, 1986 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 17, 2003 · TV · Net 5
August 26, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Norway
March 31, 1981 · Theatrical
Poland
December 7, 2014 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 13, 1983 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 26, 1982 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 13, 1980 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
February 26, 1981 · Premiere · London
March 29, 1981 · Theatrical
May 5, 2000 · Theatrical · re-release
June 27, 2017 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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