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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: March 30, 1978

Runtime: 104 minutes

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rating: 6.5/10 (10 votes)


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

  • Denholm Elliott

    Denholm Elliott

    Ex-Det. Chief Superintendent Jupp

  • Nigel Hawthorne

    Nigel Hawthorne

    Det. Chief Insp. Dilke

  • Ken Hutchison

    Ken Hutchison

    Hill

  • Anna Gaël

    Anna Gaël

    Mrs Hill

  • Derrick O'Connor

    Derrick O'Connor

    Llewellyn

  • Georgina Hale

    Georgina Hale

    Switchboard Girl

  • Brian Hall

    Brian Hall

    Haughton

  • James Warrior

    James Warrior

    Jellyneck

  • Barry Stanton

    Barry Stanton

    Big John

  • John Alkin

    John Alkin

    Tom Daniels

  • Guy Standeven

    Guy Standeven

    Logan

  • Brian Gwaspari

    Brian Gwaspari

    White

  • Patrick Malahide

    Patrick Malahide

    Major Conway

  • Lewis Fiander

    Lewis Fiander

    Goran

  • Michael J. Jackson

    Michael J. Jackson

    Soames

  • John Lyons

    John Lyons

    Mead

  • George Innes

    George Innes

    Doyle

  • Michael O'Hagan

    Michael O'Hagan

    Doyle

  • George Innes

    George Innes

    Pete Beale

  • Roddy McMillan

    Roddy McMillan

    Colly

  • Matthew Scurfield

    Matthew Scurfield

    Jefferson

  • Jim McManus

    Jim McManus

    Barman

  • Leon Lissek

    Leon Lissek

    Cardona Alexandros

  • Seretta Wilson

    Seretta Wilson

    Girl

  • Stefan Gryff

    Stefan Gryff

    Nino

  • John Flanagan

    John Flanagan

    Willard

  • John Vine

    John Vine

    PC

  • Jill Goldston

    Jill Goldston

    Accident Victim (uncredited)