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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 ...
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 influential.
- Garth Cartwright
Dec 10, 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.
Apr 21, 2010 · Keeffe brilliantly - and presciently - captures an East End on the verge of cataclysmic change, as the old-school hard men find their manors invaded by political forces beyond their ken and property developers circle around a Docklands that's ripe for the plucking.
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. He died on 10 December 2019 in London, England, UK.
Dec 12, 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...
- Telegraph Obituaries
Dec 10, 2019 · Barrie Keeffe, best known for penning the screenplay for Brit gangster classic The Long Good Friday, has died aged 74 in London.
