The long good Friday (1980) (Criterion Collection)

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Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is a businessman with great ambitions. Spotting the development potential of London s derelict Docklands area years before the Thatcher government, he tries to broker a deal with his American counterpart (Eddie Constantine) that will make them both millions. But who is killing Harold s other associates and blowing up his businesses and why?

bob hoskins, in his breakthrough film role, stars as a london racketeer fast losing control of his gangland empire; helen mirren shines as his classy moll. john mackenzie's stylish thriller is a marriage of gangster flicks from both sides of the atlantic. criterion presents 'the long good friday' in an exclusive widescreen transfer.