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Summary

Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan was a pilot film for The Sweeney - one of the major television successes of the last fifty years. Featuring John Thaw as the irascible Detective Inspector Regan and Dennis Waterman as his loyal 'oppo' Detective Sergeant Carter, Regan was an immediate critical and ratings hit, resulting in four series of The Sweeney and two successful feature films. Jack Regan is a good copper, but his tough, intuitive style is becoming unfashionable in a Scotland Yard seeking a new image. When a policeman is mysteriously murdered, Regan breaks all the rules to find the killer - but he finds there are men in the Flying Squad prepared to break him.

Details

Release Date: June 4, 1974

Runtime: 77 minutes

Genres: Action, Crime, TV Movie, Drama


The Sweeney Movie Collection

  • Sweeney!

    Sweeney!

    When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended and under the scrutiny of Special Branch.

  • Sweeney 2

    Sweeney 2

    The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.

  • Regan

    Regan

    Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan was a pilot film for The Sweeney - one of the major television successes of the last fifty years. Featuring John Thaw as the irascible Detective Inspector Regan and Dennis Waterman as his loyal 'oppo' Detective Sergeant Carter, Regan was an immediate critical and ratings hit, resulting in four series of The Sweeney and two successful feature films. Jack Regan is a good copper, but his tough, intuitive style is becoming unfashionable in a Scotland Yard seeking a new image. When a policeman is mysteriously murdered, Regan breaks all the rules to find the killer - but he finds there are men in the Flying Squad prepared to break him.

  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    Jack Regan, a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George Carter they are put on the case of a jewellery store heist that ends in a killing. But is that killing really an execution in disguise? With pressure from his boss and the fact that Regan is having an affair with that boss’s wife, it’s not going to be easy for him to stay out of trouble.


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Cast

  • John Thaw

    John Thaw

    Det. Insp. Jack Regan

  • Dennis Waterman

    Dennis Waterman

    Det. Sgt. George Carter

  • Garfield Morgan

    Garfield Morgan

    Det. Chief Insp. Haskins

  • Lee Montague

    Lee Montague

    Arthur Dale

  • David Daker

    David Daker

    Tusser

  • Maureen Lipman

    Maureen Lipman

    Annie

  • Morris Perry

    Morris Perry

    Det. Chief Supt. Maynon

  • Stephen Yardley

    Stephen Yardley

    Det. Insp. Laker

  • Barry Jackson

    Barry Jackson

    Morton

  • Miquel Brown

    Miquel Brown

    Miriam

  • Peter Blythe

    Peter Blythe

    Peter

  • Carl Rigg

    Carl Rigg

    Det. Sgt. Kent

  • Ron Pember

    Ron Pember

    Landlord

  • Jonathan Elsom

    Jonathan Elsom

    Interviewer

  • Don Henderson

    Don Henderson

    Strip Club Heavy

  • Jim Brady

    Jim Brady

    Man in Pub (uncredited)