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THE CAST

Bob Hoskins
Helen Mirren
Dave King
Bryan Marshall

Director
John MacKenzie

The Long Good Friday

Long before music videos ruined British film (and while Guy Ritchie was still watching Grange Hill) John MacKenzie made this brutal gangland thriller.

"There's gonna be an eruption!" roars crime lord Harold Shand (Hoskins) like a mobster Macbeth, with his empire collapsing around him. And there was, although it was short-lived for director MacKenzie who descended into TV hell.

Look out for Pierce Brosnan in his first credited screen performance.