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Barrie Colin Keeffe (31 October 1945 – 10 December 2019) was an English dramatist and screenwriter. Best known for his screenplay for the gangster classic The Long Good Friday (1980), starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, Keeffe demonstrated an interest in a variety of social and political issues, including disaffected youth and criminality.
Dec 10, 2019 · Barrie Keeffe, Writer of Classic British Gangster Movie ‘The Long Good Friday,’ Dies at 74. By Stewart Clarke. Screenwriter Barrie Keeffe, who penned the screenplay for the classic British...
Barrie Colin Keeffe, writer, born 31 October 1945, died 10 December 2019. His gangster feature, based in part on his own encounters as a reporter with east London villains, was hugely...
- Garth Cartwright
Dec 10, 2019 · December 10, 2019 7:54am. HandMade Films. Barrie Keeffe, known for penning the screenplay for Brit gangster classic The Long Good Friday, has died aged 74 in London following a brief illness....
Oct 7, 2015 · Barrie Keeffe, now on the verge of his 70th birthday, can point to a string of successes, such as film hits (The Long Good Friday); more than 30 stage plays (including Sus, Frozen Assets and...
Apr 21, 2010 · Within the space of a single year - 1979 - Barrie Keeffe wrote two scripts which together summed up the very essence of the East End on the eve of Thatcherism. The first, which barely needs introduction, was the now-classic The Long Good Friday. The other was Sus, an explosive play about a black man detained by two racist police officers on the ...
Barrie Colin Keeffe was an English dramatist and screenwriter. Best known for his screenplay for the gangster classic The Long Good Friday (1980), starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, Keeffe demonstrated an interest in a variety of social and political issues, including disaffected youth and criminality.
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