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The Long Good Friday
Why this pick
A bruised, street-level London crime drama with the same mix of working-class grit, volatile loyalty, and increasingly dangerous underworld entanglements.
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MOVIE1986 1h 45m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
George (Hoskins), a low-level working-class gangster recently released from prison, is given a job in London by his former boss, Denny Mortwell (Caine), as the driver and bodyguard for a high-priced prostitute named Simone (Tyson). Mortwell also wants George to gather information on one of Simone's wealthy customers for blackmail purposes. Simone, who has worked hard to develop high-class manners and an elite clientele, initially dislikes the uncouth and outspoken George, and he regards her as putting on airs. But as George and Simone find out more about each other, they form a friendship, and George begins to fall in love with her. George agrees to risk his own life to help Simone find her teenage friend Cathy (Hardie), who has disappeared, and whom Simone fears is being abused by her violent former pimp, Anderson (Peters).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Bob Hoskins
George
Michael Caine
Mortwell
Cathy Tyson
Simone
Robbie Coltrane
Thomas
Clarke Peters
Anderson
Sammi Davis
May
Kate Hardie
Cathy
Perry Fenwick
Pimp