The Long Good Friday (1980) | The Cutting Room

Before he was James Bond, Pierce Brosnan made his film debut here without a word of dialogue, as an IRA hitman. Before she was a Dame, Helen Mirren was the gangster's moll. And in the lead, Bob Hoskins gave the performance that made him.The Long Good Friday (1980) is one of the great British gangster films, a London crime saga that nearly got carved up and dumped onto television before anyone realised what they had. Luke, Westy and Matt work through the direction, the writing and Hoskins's astonishing wordless final shot, then score it out of 10. They don't make them like this any more.Connect with ATRM: To join our fantastic community of film fans, support what we do, access our archive, listen to exclusive episodes, and a whole lot more, become an ATRM patron:⁠⁠Join the ATRM Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're available on any podcast platform:Listen on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We're across all major social channels too:Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ATRightMovies⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@allthe_rightmovies ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our movie group⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@alltherightmovies.com⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@alltherightmovies⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠alltherightmovies.com