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.
The Long Good Friday has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Long Good Friday was released in 1980 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 424 reviews, giving The Long Good Friday (1980) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 87% and users giving an average score of 88%.
With a score of 78%, The Long Good Friday is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1980, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1980 with similar scores include films like The Blues Brothers, Ordinary People and Coal Miner's Daughter.
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