Release Date | 1980-11-01 |
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Runtime | 114 minutes |
Genres | Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama |
Stars | Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson |
Directors | Barrie Keeffe, John Mackenzie, Colin Jamison, Vic Symonds, Tudor George |
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.