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Summary

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.

Details

Release Date: January 14, 1977

Runtime: 97 minutes

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rating: 6.8/10 (22 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

  • Barry Foster

    Barry Foster

    Elliott McQueen

  • Ian Bannen

    Ian Bannen

    Charles Baker, MP

  • Colin Welland

    Colin Welland

    Frank Chadwick

  • Diane Keen

    Diane Keen

    Bianca Hamilton

  • Lynda Bellingham

    Lynda Bellingham

    Janice Wyatt

  • Brian Glover

    Brian Glover

    Mac

  • Michael Coles

    Michael Coles

    Johnson

  • Joe Melia

    Joe Melia

    Ronnie Brent

  • Morris Perry

    Morris Perry

    Flying Squad Cdr. Maynon

  • Paul Angelis

    Paul Angelis

    Secret Serviceman

  • Nick Brimble

    Nick Brimble

    D.S. Burtonshaw

  • John Alkin

    John Alkin

    D.S. Tom Daniels

  • Bernard Kay

    Bernard Kay

    Matthews

  • Nadim Sawalha

    Nadim Sawalha

    Chairman of the Oil Producers Conference

  • Michael Latimer

    Michael Latimer

    PPS

  • Susan Skipper

    Susan Skipper

    Chadwick's Secretary