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Sweeney!
Sweeney! is a 1977 British action crime drama film and extension of the ITV television series The Sweeney which aired on ITV from 1975 to 1978. The film performed well enough at the box office that a sequel, Sweeney 2, was released in cinemas in 1978.
Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Detective Sergeant George Carter become embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the British government, Charles Baker, is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), stabilising the world oil market and boosting Britain's position within it. Baker is a rising star in the government, regarded as a future prime minister, and he is closely controlled by his urbane, manipulative American press secretary, Elliot McQueen.
That night, Regan is forced to drink alcohol, and completely intoxicated drives his car into a crowded market. The following day, he is suspended from duty for at least two weeks.
When a sex worker dies in mysterious circumstances, Regan investigates as a favour to one of his informants. He becomes aware that Baker and McQueen might be involved. A spate of killings follow, which sees Regan take on both the criminals and the hierarchy of the Metropolitan Police Service and the British security services.
Ultimately, despite having an injured foot, Regan returns from his suspension and he is reunited with DS Carter.
At The Tower Hotel London, Regan and Carter gather around a group of men with Elliot McQueen due to be arrested, but McQueen is shot dead by a sniper riding in a black taxi. DS Carter shouts the final words, "They didn’t kill him; you did!"
Sweeney! was made by Euston Films, who also produced the television series. Euston had been planning a feature film version for some time: this movie was part of a £6 million six-film programme announced two years earlier, in 1975, by Nat Cohen of EMI Films.
David Wickes, the eventual director, said Euston Films were reluctant to make a movie but then he persuaded them it was worth it by making it an "X rated" movie that could show things the TV series could not. Wickes also says Nat Cohen of EMI was so enthusiastic about a Sweeney movie that he agreed to cover the whole budget
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Sweeney!
Sweeney! is a 1977 British action crime drama film and extension of the ITV television series The Sweeney which aired on ITV from 1975 to 1978. The film performed well enough at the box office that a sequel, Sweeney 2, was released in cinemas in 1978.
Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Detective Sergeant George Carter become embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the British government, Charles Baker, is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), stabilising the world oil market and boosting Britain's position within it. Baker is a rising star in the government, regarded as a future prime minister, and he is closely controlled by his urbane, manipulative American press secretary, Elliot McQueen.
That night, Regan is forced to drink alcohol, and completely intoxicated drives his car into a crowded market. The following day, he is suspended from duty for at least two weeks.
When a sex worker dies in mysterious circumstances, Regan investigates as a favour to one of his informants. He becomes aware that Baker and McQueen might be involved. A spate of killings follow, which sees Regan take on both the criminals and the hierarchy of the Metropolitan Police Service and the British security services.
Ultimately, despite having an injured foot, Regan returns from his suspension and he is reunited with DS Carter.
At The Tower Hotel London, Regan and Carter gather around a group of men with Elliot McQueen due to be arrested, but McQueen is shot dead by a sniper riding in a black taxi. DS Carter shouts the final words, "They didn’t kill him; you did!"
Sweeney! was made by Euston Films, who also produced the television series. Euston had been planning a feature film version for some time: this movie was part of a £6 million six-film programme announced two years earlier, in 1975, by Nat Cohen of EMI Films.
David Wickes, the eventual director, said Euston Films were reluctant to make a movie but then he persuaded them it was worth it by making it an "X rated" movie that could show things the TV series could not. Wickes also says Nat Cohen of EMI was so enthusiastic about a Sweeney movie that he agreed to cover the whole budget