The Long Good Friday
John Mackenzie
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard May 2026 on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard.
economicscrime dramafilm history
The general take
Patrick Radden Keefe calls The Long Good Friday an incredible crime thriller worth watching, praising its 1980 setting that captures London at a pivotal moment of change and urban decline. He highlights the film for featuring Bob Hoskins in a crime drama alongside a young Pierce Brosnan in what he believes was one of Brosnan's first roles as an assassin.
Who said what
Patrick Radden Keefe👍 Recommends
…referencing a 1980 crime film depicting london's industrial decline period
“I talk in the book about the movie The Long Good Friday, incredible crime thriller with Bob Hoskins from 1980. Highly encourage people to watch it. But that's filmed right at the point where the changes are starting to happen. So basically that's at the like the maximum blight point. They make this Bob Hoskins like crime movie with a young Pierce Brosnan, I think in his first role as an assassin.”
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard — Patrick Radden Keefe (investigative journalist)at 36:34
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