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Sweeney!

  • 19771977
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.4K
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Sweeney! (1977)
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.
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When one of his informants is murdered, Detective Inspector Jack Regan is drawn into a deadly political game. He is soon a marked man and, after being framed, is suspended from duty. This do... Read allWhen one of his informants is murdered, Detective Inspector Jack Regan is drawn into a deadly political game. He is soon a marked man and, after being framed, is suspended from duty. This doesn't stop him searching for the truth.When one of his informants is murdered, Detective Inspector Jack Regan is drawn into a deadly political game. He is soon a marked man and, after being framed, is suspended from duty. This doesn't stop him searching for the truth.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
    • David Wickes
    • Ranald Graham(screenplay)
    • Ian Kennedy Martin(based on "The Sweeney" created by)
  • Stars
    • John Thaw
    • Dennis Waterman
    • Barry Foster
    • David Wickes
    • Ranald Graham(screenplay)
    • Ian Kennedy Martin(based on "The Sweeney" created by)
  • Stars
    • John Thaw
    • Dennis Waterman
    • Barry Foster
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Videos1

    Trailer
    Trailer 2:41
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    John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in Sweeney! (1977)
    John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in Sweeney! (1977)
    Dennis Waterman in Sweeney! (1977)
    Ian Bannen and Michael Latimer in Sweeney! (1977)
    John Thaw in Sweeney! (1977)
    Michael Coles and Antony Scott in Sweeney! (1977)
    John Thaw in Sweeney! (1977)
    John Thaw in Sweeney! (1977)
    Barry Foster in Sweeney! (1977)
    Ian Bannen in Sweeney! (1977)
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    John Thaw
    John Thaw
    • D.I. Jack Regan
    Dennis Waterman
    Dennis Waterman
    • D.S. George Carter
    Barry Foster
    Barry Foster
    • Elliott McQueen
    Ian Bannen
    Ian Bannen
    • Charles Baker
    Colin Welland
    Colin Welland
    • Frank Chadwick
    Diane Keen
    Diane Keen
    • Bianca Hamilton
    Michael Coles
    Michael Coles
    • Johnson
    Joe Melia
    Joe Melia
    • Ronnie Brent
    Brian Glover
    Brian Glover
    • Mac
    Lynda Bellingham
    Lynda Bellingham
    • Janice Wyatt
    Morris Perry
    Morris Perry
    • Flying Squad Cdr. Maynon
    Paul Angelis
    • Secret Serviceman
    Nick Brimble
    Nick Brimble
    • D.S. Burtonshaw
    John Alkin
    • D.S. Tom Daniels
    Bernard Kay
    Bernard Kay
    • Matthews
    Antony Scott
    • Johnson's Henchman
    Antony Brown
    Antony Brown
    • Murder Inquiry Supt.
    • (as Anthony Brown)
    John Oxley
    • Chadwick's Deputy Editor
      • David Wickes
      • Ranald Graham(screenplay)
      • Ian Kennedy Martin(based on "The Sweeney" created by)
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    • Trivia
      The first British movie to be shown legally in Communist China.
    • Quotes

      Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Shut it!

    • Connections
      Featured in Grange Hill: Episode #8.9 (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Rampage
      (uncredited)

      Music by Michael Vickers

      KPM Music Ltd

    User reviews22

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    8/10
    Cheers Guv'nor
    A no frills film in keeping with the series, the genre and the time.

    This is a film about edgy London police in an edgy London in the edgy 70's. You could of course substitute "edgy" for "dodgy" in the above sentence and it would still be true...

    For those of us around in the 70's it, like the series, is fantastically atmospheric. The hair, the clobber (look out for Regan's green anorak), the boozers, the motors, the women.

    The plot is far less important than the characters who are all superb, and a particular mention for the young (and very beautiful) Diane Keen, and to a lesser extent Linda Bellingham - whose nudity makes you look at those OXO adverts very differently (or it would if they were still on) The film also gives some extra scope to the relationship between Regan & Carter, and there are some edgy moments between the 2, starting with their morning-after-the-night-before and culminating in the dramatic ending and indeed the film's last words. One of the many things I liked about the Sweeney was its realism and how it didn't portray its main characters as heroes but showed their dark sides and their failures.

    I loved the TV Sweeney, for me John Thaw's (God rest his soul) Regan is one of, if not the, best TV characters of all time and this is an appropriate and very satisfying movie length "episode" Hollywood it ain't guv'nor, and for me thats what makes it the boll***s.
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    • Oct 29, 2005

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    • Release date
      • January 20, 1977 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • South Kensington, London, Greater London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • EMI Film Distributors
      • Euston Films
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
      • Mono

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