THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY - Francis Monkman (Edit-with-ending)

The Long Good Friday (1979) is a violent crime thriller directed by John Mackenzie (known as "Frenzy Mackenzie") from a screenplay by Barrie Keeffe.
Bob Hoskins stars as the brutal gangland boss Harold Shand - an old fashioned 1960's-style London gangster who in the late 1970s is aspiring to become a legitimate businessman. After returning to London from trip to America, he discovers that a rival gang seems to be destroying his empire, and realises his henchmen are being ruthlessly picked off. Harold attempts to trace the identity of his mens killers, but finds no reasoning behind the attacks on his organisation. The pressure on Harold is increased when his American visitors are subjected to a bomb attack Charlie (Eddie Constantine) informs Harold's girlfriend, Victoria (Helen Mirren), that he has 24 hours to find the culprits or the Americans will pull out of the deal.
Owing something to American gangster movies of the 1940s, and rather more to "Get Carter" and TV crime shows, John Mackenzie's film remains both an explosively violent thriller and a sharp evocation of the enterprise culture of the time (Shand's dream is to build a new city in London's Docklands with Mafia money). Helen Mirren offers seductive support, while Pierce Brosnan (James Bond) appears as an anonymous hitman.

LGF was completed in 1979 but, because of release delays, it is generally credited as a 1980 film.

P. H. Moriarty ("Razors") and Alan Ford appear as members of Shand's gang. Both would later play the chief villains in Guy Ritchie films.

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[deighton2002]

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Charlie Fairhead alert!

[Soundtrackcollector]

A 'Casaulty' of an early film career - Jeff, Harold Shand's treacherous lieutenant.

[mik300z]

Amazing tribute, thankyou! always loved the film but especially monkman's masterful score

Mick

[Soundtrackcollector]

Thanks Mick ...I'll look into your request.

[lbvedj]

great film

[Soundtrackcollector]

Hey! thanks for the positive comment.

[SPeacock]

@filmmusicstudio He only has one line: "Hi." - at about the 20-minute mark in the film, when he murders Colin (Harold's friend-cum-courier).

[tonystower]

Great montage. Somehow, I like to think Harold survived; He now sits in the House Of Lords, and has narrowly escaped being caught out for fiddling expenses...Untouchable...

[aBoxfulOfVids]

guy at 2:03 looks like Shia Labeouf, with actual balls.

[filmmusicstudio]

Harold finds himself at gunpoint from the front seat passenger - IRA gunman played by a then-unknown Pierce Brosnan. Don't think he many lines to remember in this one.

[OmnicidalClown]

That looked like a young Pierce Brosnan drawing his gun at the end there

[eatmypies]

brilliantly done,i appreciate the time you spent putting this together.My son spends hours doin the same,great to know there are people out there with talent,keep it up pal or i will be round ure ouse wiv razors ha ha

[merkury06]

One Hell of Movie!

[jackcoglin]

can someone please give me a link to downlaod the soundtrack

[essxm22]

This and Caine's "Get Carter" have to be the definitive British gangster movies -classics!

[Trapperjohn4077th]

Helen Mirren....WOW...!!!!