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| John Thaw and John Flanagan in The Sweeney: Thin Ice Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 |
The third episode of THE SWEENEY is the first to inject total offbeat dark comedy, where a British master-criminal sits poolside in France, having taken a ship from England to thwart The Flying Squad, and is awaiting his prized dog Archimedes to join him, being even more important than bikini-clad blonde floozy/moll Margaret Nolan (while he's advised by CURSE OF THE DEMON possessed Brian Wilde)...
Another episode featuring bickering young cop John Flanagan as DS Matt Matthews, and with John Thaw's Regan flirting with gorgeous secretary Bridget Brice when not butting-heads with meticulous police chief Peter Jeffries (while awaiting Dennis Waterman's
Carter to reign in his co-agents), the scene-stealer is AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON barfly Brian Glover, bonding with the wrong dog to the chagrin of dog-loving mobster
Alfred Marks, who'd have made a terrific recurring villain who, like the entire underrated episode, perfectly combines quirky and formidable.
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| Brian Glover and dog in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Margaret Nolan with Alfred Marks in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Brian Glover and John Thaw in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Brian Glover and John Thaw in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| John Thaw and Garfield Morgan in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Margaret Nolan with Alfred Marks in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Margaret Nolan with Alfred Marks in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| John Flanagan with Peter Jeffrey in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Margaret Nolan with Alfred Marks in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Margaret Nolan with Alfred Marks in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Margaret Nolan, Alfred Marks and Brian Wilde in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Bridget Brice in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| John Thaw and Bridget Brice in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| Brian Wilde in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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| John Thaw and John Flanagan in The Sweeney: Thin Ice |
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