Regan
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“The original armchair cinema pilot for 70's UK TV series THE SWEENEY”
Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan was a pilot film for The Sweeney - one of the major television successes of the last fifty years. 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 four series of The Sweeney and two successful feature films. Jack Regan is a good copper, but his tough, intuitive style is becoming unfashionable in a Scotland Yard seeking a new image. When a policeman is mysteriously murdered, Regan breaks all the rules to find the killer - but he finds there are men in the Flying Squad prepared to break him.
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4 films
Cast
26 people
John Thaw
Det. Insp. Jack Regan
Known for
Chaplin
Inspector Morse
Dennis Waterman
Det. Sgt. George Carter
Known for
New Tricks
Scars of Dracula
Garfield Morgan
Det. Chief Insp. Haskins
Known for
28 Weeks Later
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Lee Montague
Arthur Dale
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Holocaust
David Daker
Tusser
Known for
The Woman in Black
Time Bandits
Maureen Lipman
Annie
Known for
The Pianist
Coronation Street
Janet Key
Kate Regan
Known for
Dracula A.D. 1972
The Vampire Lovers
Morris Perry
Det. Chief Supt. Maynon
Known for
The Debt
Stephen Yardley
Det. Insp. Laker
Known for
Hex
Barry Jackson
Morton
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Miquel Brown
Miriam
Known for
An American Haunting
French Kiss
Peter Blythe
Peter
Known for
Frankenstein Created Woman
The Luzhin Defence
Tom Clegg Director · Ian Kennedy Martin Writer
First release June 4, 1974 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production FremantleMedia, Fremantle
Production
Talkback Thames
Production
FremantleMedia
Production
Fremantle
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 4, 1974
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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