Written by James M. Tate / 4/18/2022 / No comments / ann curthoys , british , british neo noir , con man , cop , dennis waterman , garfield morgan , george cole , john hurt , john thaw , nina thomas , revenge , sweeney
ANN CURTHOYS & NINA THOMAS IN 'THE SWEENEY: TOMORROW MAN'
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| Title: THE SWEENEY: TOMORROW MAN Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 |
Another episode with an obvious inspiration drawn from Peter Falk's COLUMBO... although it has nothing to do with John Thaw as Inspector Regan badgering a suspect...
Instead the similarity occurs in the cold open when John Hurt as computer expert Tony Gray ignites a deliberately overboard ploy in chewing-out boss George Cole... but that results in revenge and trickery instead of murder...
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| Ann Curthoys in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman |
So Hurt joins an already targeted shady/crooked businessman, providing himself a con game despite the Flying Squad's own undercover officer in natural beauty Ann Curthoys, joining his red-herring computer seminar at a tech convention where most of the episode takes place...
But it's his adorable redhead/girl-next-door moll, Nina Thomas, that makes TOMORROW MAN more intriguing than it would've been otherwise... a shame given the stellar cast, in particular the future first ALIEN victim, maintaining a somewhat muddled con that neither Regan, Carter or the audience can completely invest in.
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| Nina Thomas and John Hurt in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| John Hurt in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| John Thaw, Garfield Morgan and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Nina Thomas in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Nina Thomas in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Nina Thomas in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Nina Thomas and John Hurt in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Nina Thomas and John Hurt in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Nina Thomas and John Hurt in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Dennis Waterman and John Thaw in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Ann Curthoys in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man |
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| Nina Thomas in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Ann Curthoys in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man with John Thaw |
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| John Thaw in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man |
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| John Thaw in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man with John Hurt |
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| Nina Thomas in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| Ann Curthoys in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man |
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| Dennis Waterman in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man |
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| Future MINDER Dennis Waterman and George Cole in The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man |
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| John Hurt in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man |
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| Dennis Waterman in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man with John Thaw |
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| Dennis Waterman in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man |
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| Dennis Waterman in THE SWEENEY: Tomorrow Man with John Thaw |
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