The Long Good Friday

A combustible performance from Bob Hoskins is the fuse that lights this underworld saga, a landmark of British crime cinema. Hoskins plays Harold Shand, an ambitious London mobster who, just as he attempts to close a major real-estate deal with the American Mafia, finds his crime empire rocked by a string of attacks, sending him on a ruthless quest to find out who’s responsible. Abetted by an ice-cool performance from Helen Mirren as Shand’s in-command moll, THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY is not only a gripping gangster thriller but also a vivid portrait of late-1970s Britain—a powder keg of cultural and political tensions on the verge of explosion.

Starring Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Paul Freeman, P. H. Moriarty, Leo Dolan, Pierce Brosnan, Daragh O'Malley, Stephen Davies, Eddie Constantine