Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his girlfriend. Framed on a drunk-drive charge ...
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Title: Sweeney! (1977)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| John Thaw | ... | D.I. Jack Regan | |
| Dennis Waterman | ... | D.S. George Carter | |
| Barry Foster | ... | Elliott McQueen | |
| Ian Bannen | ... | Charles Baker | |
| Colin Welland | ... | Frank Chadwick | |
| Diane Keen | ... | Bianca Hamilton | |
| Michael Coles | ... | Johnson | |
| Joe Melia | ... | Ronnie Brent | |
| Brian Glover | ... | Mac | |
| Lynda Bellingham | ... | Janice Wyatt | |
| Morris Perry | ... | Flying Squad Cdr. Maynon | |
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Paul Angelis | ... | Secret Serviceman |
| Nick Brimble | ... | D.S. Burtonshaw | |
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John Alkin | ... | D.S. Tom Daniels |
| Bernard Kay | ... | Matthews | |
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Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his girlfriend. Framed on a drunk-drive charge and suspended from the force, with his partner and best mate George Carter unable to help, Jack must rely on his wits to evade deadly government hitmen and expose the real villain of the piece. Written by Anonymous
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20 January 1977 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Bianca Hamilton: Oh Christ! Don't start that again! Yes, often. Separately and together. Sometimes with an audience and sometimes...
Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Shut it!
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Carter's preferred bathroom reading is the satirical "Private Eye Magazine". See more »Quotes
Det. Insp. Jack Regan: You've slept with him too?Bianca Hamilton: Oh Christ! Don't start that again! Yes, often. Separately and together. Sometimes with an audience and sometimes...
Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Shut it!
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A great film adaptation of the legendary tv series. 'Sweeney!' was a milestone for all 'Brit' Gangster' movies that followed (two decades later). See vintage 'Jags' and Ford Granada's, tearing up the streets of London; plus with an increase in violence, to give it a more brutal reality. The complicated plot was criticized for slowing the action but the 'Sweeney!', remains a great sign-of-the-times piece. Sort of dated but in the most endearing of ways.