John Mackenzie
August 16, 1932 · 93 years old
John Mackenzie was a Scottish film director perhaps best known for the 1980 gangster film The Long Good Friday. Born in Edinburgh, Mackenzie worked in British film from the late 1960s, first as an assistant director to Ken Loach on productions such as Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home, before beco…
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7 titles
The Long Good Friday
An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
The Fourth Protocol
John Preston is a British Agent with the task of preventing the Russians detonating a nuclear explosion next to an American base in the UK. The Russians are hoping this will shatter the "special relationship" between the two count...
The Last of the Finest
4 LA cops are fighting the war on drugs. Corrupt superiors manage to break up their team when one of them gets killed. The 3 quit LAPD and continue investigating.
Beyond the Limit
During the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick...
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
A new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.
When the Sky Falls
Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite t...
A Sense of Freedom
The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.