Euston Films
The Sweeney Movie Collection
Sweeney!
The roughest, toughest men from London's greatest crime squad smash their way onto the big screen!
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.
- Original title
- Sweeney!
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
- $209,595
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Apr 6, 2024 · via TMDB
Yikes but there's some shocking acting in this film adaptation of the popular television series. It seems that one of Her Majesty's ministers - "Baker" (Ian Bannen) might be a little too close to the oil industry as a major announcement on pool pricing is due to be made in London. The Flying Squad's finest "Regan" (John Thaw) and sidekick "Carter" (Dennis Waterman) are soon embroiled, but as the body count starts to mount up the former is suspended from duty. Undeterred, he faces the wrath of not just his own bosses but also of some blokes who're marauding round the city with machine guns. His searching leads him to high-class hooker "Bianca" (Diane Keen) and all of this is going on whilst we the just sense that adviser "McQueen" (Barry Foster) is up to no good. Thaw does try, a bit too hard I reckon, but the rest of this is pretty sloppy stuff. Keen dreadfully over-acts, Foster seems to pick up an accent that vacillates wildly from scene to scene and Waterman doesn't really feature enough to make much difference to this pretty predictable cop drama where the rules are meant for someone else. Gritty? Possibly - but I just figured that in the end, they all pretty much deserved each other. Of it's time, I'd say - and that day has long gone.
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John Thaw
Det. Insp. Jack Regan
Dennis Waterman
Det. Sgt. George Carter
Barry Foster
Elliott McQueen
Ian Bannen
Charles Baker, MP
Colin Welland
Frank Chadwick
Diane Keen
Bianca Hamilton
Lynda Bellingham
Janice Wyatt
Brian Glover
Mac
Michael Coles
Johnson
Joe Melia
Ronnie Brent
Morris Perry
Flying Squad Cdr. Maynon
Paul Angelis
Secret Serviceman
Nick Brimble
D.S. Burtonshaw
John Alkin
D.S. Tom Daniels
Bernard Kay
Matthews
Nadim Sawalha
Chairman of the Oil Producers Conference
Michael Latimer
PPS
Johnny Shannon
Scotland Yard Duty Sergeant
Susan Skipper
Chadwick's Secretary
Greg Powell
Stunts
Chickens
The Forge
The Foundation of Criminal Excellence
Den store aktion
Fargo
Z
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Courageous
Lost Highway
Serpico
Mashin Sentai Kiramager Spin-Off: Yodonna
Wire in the Blood: Prayer of the Bone
Liz and the Blue Bird
Irma la Douce
Jackie Brown
Angamaly Diaries
The Roundup
3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets
Fourteen Hours
Assault on Precinct 13
Bullitt
Frenzy
The Return of Mod Squad
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Niagara, Niagara
Yennai Arindhaal
11:14
Free Hand for a Tough Cop
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
White Eye
Life Is All You Get
My Lucky Stars
Renaissance
F/X
Saving Grace
Reservation Road
Colors
Oversize Cops
Lower City
Bob Biswas
Heaven
Miami Supercops
Cellular
THX 1138
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
MR-9: Do or Die
Soundless
Danger: Diabolik
Super Troopers 3
Adrenalin
Harlem Nights
License & Registration
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
La cárcel de Cananea
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Super Troopers 2
Pass Over
Keep 'Em Slugging
Destruction Force
Agonies
Reno 911!: Miami
Albino Alligator
Metro
Solo for Clarinet
The Scorpion King
Striptease
The Park Is Mine
Raiszaada
A Stranger Among Us
Outlaw
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Versilia Experience
A Policewoman on the Porno Squad
Force of Nature
The Wrong Man
Elektra
Beck 35 - Your Own Blood
Knock 'Em Dead, Kid
Strapped for Danger
10 Sekunden
Inspector Gadget
Terrified
At the End of the Night
Flowerman
No te fallaré
20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending
Pigs
Hyväveli
The Police Officer Cui Daqing
this is not the end
The Pulpit - Prelude
25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Bertrand Cantat : Noir Destin
JONES
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
The Substitute
Payback
Blindfire
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
Farewell, My Lovely
Al Capone
Convict
The Born Losers
Little Odessa
Rise of the Footsoldier 3
War
Rise of the Footsoldier
State Property
The Substitute 2: School's Out
Death Wish
Out for Justice
Ninja
God Is a Bullet
The Corruptor
RoboCop 2
Hard to Kill
The Crew
The Protector
Exit Wounds
Until Death
Black Caesar
The Rookie
Brake
White Elephant
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