The Sweeney (TV Series)
1975 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
British police series which revolutionised the genre on UK television in the mid 1970s. Jack Regan is a hard edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police (called 'the Sweeney' from the Cockney rhyming slang 'Sweeney Todd'). He pursues villains by methods which are underhand, often illegal themselves, frequently violent and more often than not successful.
Direction Ian Kennedy Martin · Tom Clegg · Douglas Camfield · David Wickes · Terry Green
Cast John Thaw · Dennis Waterman · Tony Aitken · Garfield Morgan · John Allen · Martin Read · Morris Perry · Benjamin Whitrow · Stephanie Turner
Soundtrack Harry South
Screenplay Ian Kennedy Martin · Trevor Preston · Roger Marshall · Ranald Graham · Troy Kennedy-Martin
Cinematography Dusty Miller · Norman Langley · Roy Pointer
Original title The Sweeney (TV Series)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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