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The Long Good Friday

John Mackenzie · 1980 CE · Film · English · Contemporary

Over one Easter weekend a London gang boss courting American backers for a legitimate Docklands property empire watches his organisation attacked by bombs from an enemy he cannot name. Bob Hoskins's Harold Shand anchors the cornerstone of the modern British gangster picture and a prescient portrait of Thatcherite ambition.

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