Menu. It foretold the future, redefined the gangster's moll, and made a star of its lead actress. HiMY SYeD Good Friday Procession, Montrose Avenue, Little Italy, Toronto Ontario Canada, Good Friday April 22 2011 017 Note: Spoilers galore! [This is my contribution to the Endings Blog-a-thon being hosted at Joe's Movie Corner.] He inhabits the role of Harold Shand with such passion that we are completely swept along with him. This is a shot-by-shot study of the ending of The Long Good Friday, the 1980 British mob movie starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. Don't read past the title card unless you've already seen the movie or you don't care about the ending.… The Long Good Friday is a British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.It was completed in 1979, but because of release delays, it is generally credited as a 1980 film. Movies. Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon DVD & Blu-ray Releases Release Calendar Movie News India Movie Spotlight. The Long Good Friday is Hoskins' break out performance and it's no surprise as to why. It's all a big misunderstanding, based on stupid decisions taken by Shand's underlings and misinterpreted by the IRA. For a simple gangster film, I find that there are almost too many angles by which one could discuss John Mackenzie's The Long Good Friday.But one must start somewhere, and I shall start here: this is a film much concerned with keeping as much information from the audience as possible. As The Long Good Friday is restored for its anniversary, Helen Mirren tells Jude Rogers how it was made The Long Good Friday (1980) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. "The Long Good Friday" tells his story in a rather indirect way, opening with a montage of seemingly unrelated events, held together by a hypnotic music theme. Everything is eventually explained.