1980 · 114 min · Crime, Thriller, Drama
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
Directed by John Mackenzie. Starring Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall and Derek Thompson.
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