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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.
Barrie Keeffe, who has died aged 74, was a noted British writer who was prolific across TV, radio and the stage but was best known for the film The Long Good Friday.
10 Dis 2019 · Screenwriter Barrie Keeffe, who penned the screenplay for the classic British gangster movie “The Long Good Friday” – which starred Helen Mirren in a breakout role – has died. He was 74.
21 Apr 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 .
12 Dis 2019 · Barrie Keeffe, who has died of a heart attack aged 74, was a theatre and television writer who scored his only cinema hit with The Long Good Friday, often described as the ultimate British...
22 Mac 2011 · Barrie Keeffe, screenwriter of 'The Long Good Friday', talks to Karen Krizanowitch about the origins of the film, the delayed release and how he approaches w...
Barrie Keeffe was born on 31 October 1945 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Long Good Friday (1980), Sus (2010) and Premiere (1977). He was married to Jacky Stoller, Julia Lindsay, Verity Bargate and Dee Truman.
