Barry foster a quiet day in belfast 1974, frenzy 1972 more john thaw, dennis waterman and john alkin also worked together in sweeney 2. Ann sweeny is an actress, known for the incredible melting man 1977, mash 1972 and bittersweet love 1976. This movie and sweeney 2 1978 are spinoffs from the television cop series the sweeney 1974, and were released while the television series was still being broadcast. Dennis waterman alices adventures in wonderland 1972, man in the wilderness 1971. Hardbitten flying squad officer jack regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his. Baker is the rising star of government, regarded a future prime minister, who is. The end result is a very entertaining film that arguably doesnt work fully as either the sweeney or bleakly cynical thriller but is still very good fun. One of the leading members of the government, charles baker ian bannen is about to secure a huge deal with opec stabilising the world. But at the end he knows that the informant might be involved. Oct 10, 1983 an american tragedy that brought death to actress dominique dunne now brings outrage to her family. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of howard lindsay and russel crouse. Anything goes is a 1934 musical with music and lyrics by cole porter.
See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Regan and carter head a flying squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of wellarmed villains who are flying in from the continent. Maureen sweeney is an actress, known for dempsey and makepeace 1985, the echo 1998 and sorted 2000. The sweeney ultimately ran for four seasons, 53 episodes in all with two feature film spin offs, sweeney. The sweeney started out as a british tv detective program all about scotland yards flying squad.
It was a fairly common practice in the 70s for successful british tv series to spawn a feature film spin. Ranald graham screenplay, ian kennedy martin based on the sweeney created by. Sweeney 2 1978 second theatrical spinoff from the popular 1970s police series. Explore oodle classifieds to find women looking for relationships, women looking for friendships, men looking for marriage, casual encounters, christian singles, jewish singles, buddhist singles, catholic singles, and more personal ads. In this featurefilm version of the popular british television cop show, regan john thaw and carter dennis waterman are two british scotland yard detectives. Act like a criminal to catch a criminal based on the 70s uk tv show, the sweeney is an actionpacked british police thriller from the director of football factory. Movie trailer 1977, london cops, regan hd 1080p high.
In the 70s, cop show the sweeney was a smash hit and a source of controversy due to its level of violence and the behaviour of its hardliving heroes. In the case of the sweeney there were two spinoff movies. Jack regan is an officer who gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when he investigates the mysterious death of a prostitute as a favor to one of his informants. A definitive dvd presentation of the show immaculate digital restoration from the original film elements, commentaries, exhaustive extras, etc, etc has recently been released in the uk and stands as testament. Neither this movie nor sweeney 2 1978 had a title that conformed with its source television series title, the sweeney 1974, dropping the word the in both cases.
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. Gallery of 3 movie poster and cover images for sweeney. The film was coughed at maldives movie awards on november 19, 1969 in lebanon. You are browsing the website, which contains photos and videos of nude celebrities. John thaw, denis waterman, colin welland certificate. See the london movie guide for this oftutilised location which is also featured in only when i larf, the big sleep, full circle, sweeney. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The complete sweeney 16 disc box set 1975 dvd by john thaw. Based on the tv series the film follows di regan and ds carter as they became embroiled in a deadly political scandal. I loved the tv sweeney, for me john thaws 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 aint guvnor, and for me thats what makes it the bolls.
Regan the original sweeney pilot movie hd trailer youtube. An american tragedy that brought death to actress dominique. Smallest size with best quality and fast downloads at. Both utilized cast and crew from the tv series with some variation. Movie trailer 1977, london cops, regan hd 1080p high quality duration. Theres a trailer that furiously sells the movie as a soontobe classic, some pdf material. Jack regan ray winstone, a hardened cop who doesnt play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. When a television series is successful its not uncommon that attention turns to the idea of whether a transfer to cinema screens is possible. Hardbitten flying squad officer jack regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of. The original book was a collaborative effort by guy bolton and p. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. A no frills film in keeping with the series, the genre and the time.
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