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The Long Good Friday
Why this pick
Its charismatic crime boss, stylish urban menace, and mounting sense of siege echo the grand, fatalistic gangster mood of King of New York.
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MOVIE1990 1h 43m ITA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Frank White, a drug lord, is riding into New York in a limousine after being released from Sing Sing. Emilio El Zapa, a Colombian drug dealer, is shot dead and the killers leave a newspaper headline announcing Frank's release. Zapa's partner, King Tito, is in a hotel room with Jimmy Jump and Test Tube, who are negotiating the purchase of cocaine. Jimmy and Test Tube shoot Tito and his bodyguards and steal the cocaine.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Laurence Fishburne
Jimmy Jump
Wesley Snipes
Thomas Flanigan
Steve Buscemi
Test Tube
Theresa Randle
Raye
Ernest Abuba
King Tito
Gerard Murphy
Mulligan
David Batiste
Walter - Chicken Hut
Erica Gimpel
Dr. Shute