# The Long Good Friday (1980)

English · Released 1980-11-01

The Long Good Friday is a 1980 English film. Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan appear in it.

Cast: Helen Mirren as Victoria, Pierce Brosnan as 1st Irishman

## Storyline
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.

## Common questions

### When was The Long Good Friday released?
The Long Good Friday was released on 1 November 1980.

### Who stars in The Long Good Friday?
Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan star in The Long Good Friday.

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