The Sweeney
The Sweeney
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The Sweeney

7.9 / 10
1975
4 seasons
53 episodes
Action & AdventureDramaCrime

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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Seasons

  • Ringer

    1.Ringer

    8.3
    02-01-1975

    After Regan’s car is stolen with invaluable surveillance photos from a stakeout, the thief gives a heads-up to Sweeney’s target.

  • Jackpot

    2.Jackpot

    8.5
    09-01-1975

    Regan’s flying squad falls under suspicion after they apprehend a gang of hijackers, but a bag with 35,000 pounds in it has somehow disappeared.

  • Thin Ice

    3.Thin Ice

    8.0
    16-01-1975

    Regan clashes with an arrogant police superintendent when a crime kingpin is allowed to leave the country and go to France.

  • Queen’s Pawn

    4.Queen’s Pawn

    7.0
    23-01-1975

    After a high-powered lawyer gets three petty thugs off on a murder charge, Regan is authorized to use whatever means necessary to bring the hoodlums in.

  • Jigsaw

    5.Jigsaw

    7.0
    30-01-1975

    Regan is convinced that Eddie Boyse, a recently released career criminal, is responsible for a robbery, but Boyse was with Regan when the crime occurred.

  • Night Out

    6.Night Out

    4.0
    06-02-1975

    When the Superintendent finds out that there is a bank robbery in progress on a Saturday afternoon, he assigns Regan to visit an old girlfriend whose apartment is adjacent.

  • The Placer

    7.The Placer

    4.2
    13-02-1975

    Regan adopts a new identity as an ex-con and goes undercover as a truck driver to expose a hijacking ring.

  • Cover Story

    8.Cover Story

    7.5
    20-02-1975

    It’s unclear whether a beautiful crime reporter is involved with a criminal gang or just a catspaw.

  • Golden Boy

    9.Golden Boy

    27-02-1975

    When seedy informant Harry Fuller is spotted by Regan in a pub flush with money, he knows something is up and interrogates Harry.

  • Stoppo Driver

    10.Stoppo Driver

    9.0
    06-03-1975

    After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.

  • Big Spender

    11.Big Spender

    13-03-1975

    The Smith Brothers, a vicious group of mobsters, abandon their usual strong-arm tactics to run a parking ticket scam at a car park.

  • Contact Breaker

    12.Contact Breaker

    20-03-1975

    After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.

  • Abduction

    13.Abduction

    9.0
    27-03-1975

    After Regan gets a tip about an upcoming robbery from a trusted informant, the gang kidnaps his daughter to blackmail him into inaction.

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