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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
United Kingdom
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Year
1981
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Genre
Gangster
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- The Paddy Factor Working
- Racket Alternative
Introduction
“This movie is one amazing piece of work, not only for the Hoskins performance but also for the energy of the filmmaking, the power of the music, and its sometimes very violent sense of humor.”
Roger Ebert, rogerebert.suntimes.com
Having played a romantic lead in his breakthrough role in Dennis Potter’s Pennies from Heaven (1978), Bob Hoskins proved his versatility with his superb turn as gruff gangland kingpin Harold Shand in this tense, gritty and terrifically assured thriller. Shand is playing a high-stakes game, trying to juggle his aspirations to business legitimacy with demands from the American mob and the IRA. A series of unanticipated attacks soon has him fighting for survival, with only his formidable girlfriend Victoria (Helen Mirren) remaining loyal.
Connecting the glamorous thuggery of the Kray twins to Thatcherite enterprise culture with visual and narrative ingenuity, The Long Good Friday proved prophetic in many ways, not least its striking use of soon-to-be-developed Docklands locations.
MacKenzie’s film belongs to British cinema’s rich heritage of gangster films, including Get Carter (1971), Mona Lisa (1986) and Sexy Beast (2000).
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Harold Shand
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Victoria
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Parky
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Councillor Harris
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Jeff Hughes
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Charlie
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Colin
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Phil Benson
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Irish youth
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Carol Benson
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Razors
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Harold's mother
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Eric
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chef
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1st Irishman
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2nd Irishman
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David
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Alan
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Jack
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Don
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Ginger
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Boston
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priest
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Tony
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Mac
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Dave
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pool attendant
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Eugene
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Lil
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Dora
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boy under car
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Erroll
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kid
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Peter
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Ricardo, the waiter
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Jimmy
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Billy
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Sherry
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Flynn
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commissionaire
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Captain Death
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O'Flaherty
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[girl at swimming pool]
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[girl at swimming pool]
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[man at Erroll's kitchen]
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[clerk at Savoy hotel]
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[Gus - scenes deleted]
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[Phil, minicab driver - scenes deleted]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Assistant Director
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[Assistant Director (2nd)]
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[Assistant Director (3rd)]
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Continuity
Rights:
Production:
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Production Company
Black Lion Films (uncredited)
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Production Company
Calendar Productions (uncredited)
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Presents
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Produced by
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Associate Producer
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Production Manager
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Production Accountant
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Location Manager
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Post-production
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Production Assistant
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Producer's Assistant
Casting:
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Casting Director
Writing:
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Original Screenplay by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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Camera Focus
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[Clapper Loader]
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Chief Electrician
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[Camera Grip]
Stills:
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Stills.
Special Effects:
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Special Effects
Editing:
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Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
Design:
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Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Property Buyer
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Construction Manager
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Wardrobe Master
Make-up:
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Make-up Artist
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Hairdresser
Music:
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Music Composed by
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Music Co-ordinator
Sound:
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Sound Recordist
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[Boom Operator]
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Dubbing Mixer
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Sound Editor
Stunts:
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
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Stunts
Publicity:
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[Publicity]
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