Written by James M. Tate / 12/19/2025 / No comments / action , british tv , cop , dennis waterman , john thaw , neo noir , seventies , sweeney , tom clegg
JOHN THAW WITH JOHN FLANNAGAN IN 'THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT
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| Title: THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT Year: 1975 Rates: **1/2 |
Second episode of the British crime series THE SWEENEY decompresses from the thrilling pilot RINGER and is more talky and expository... that's after the bombastic opening where The Flying Squad trashes a street-speeding getaway in process, with money flying everywhere... the opening twist being that a load of cash is unaccounted for: making JACKPOT a kind of Wrong Man Neo Noir, twofold...
As John Thaw's tough Jack Regan and his younger partner Dennis Waterman as George Carter have to interrogate jailed crook Ed Devereaux on answers to where the money went... also featuring cranky young cop John Flanagan as Matt Matthews, almost dead-ringer to (while complimenting the perfecting casting of) Waterman, appearing in a handful of episodes before finally turning up in the theatrical SWEENEY 2 by this episode's director, Tom Clegg.
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| Ed Devereaux and John Thaw in THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT |
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| John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT |
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| John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT with Garfield Morgan |
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JOHN THAW WITH JOHN FLANNAGAN IN 'THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT
Title: THE SWEENEY: JACKPOT Year: 1975 Rates: **1/2 Second episode of the British crime series THE SWEENEY decompresses from the thrilling p...
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