BRIAN GLOVER DOGS ALFRED MARKS IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpEiW8xYmJaUeqpKEIaJKiwkvaY5uxOZx1BGPOtJPv8sfKQm8T3q21eEj_RuXhpCspCLZucx3VemPRyYgVhtByQRvio2woHwqpeabHkhDBzpl0ejUY68Cv9GTxVhVy1i-fknPNICAPLjsAYu67sMHtBTTSy7aHqV22uEK7JPlC5G2rubS9EDV6EiOFy00/s2084/Screen%20Shot%202025-12-24%20at%208.43.36%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="2084" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpEiW8xYmJaUeqpKEIaJKiwkvaY5uxOZx1BGPOtJPv8sfKQm8T3q21eEj_RuXhpCspCLZucx3VemPRyYgVhtByQRvio2woHwqpeabHkhDBzpl0ejUY68Cv9GTxVhVy1i-fknPNICAPLjsAYu67sMHtBTTSy7aHqV22uEK7JPlC5G2rubS9EDV6EiOFy00/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-12-24%20at%208.43.36%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Thaw and John Flanagan in The Sweeney: Thin Ice Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The third episode of <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/sweeney">THE SWEENEY</a> 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 <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/12/DemonCurse.html">CURSE OF THE DEMON</a> possessed Brian Wilde)...</p><p></p><p>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 A<a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2021/07/walking-meatloaf.html">MERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON</a> 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.</p><span></span>

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BRIAN GLOVER DOGS ALFRED MARKS IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE'

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 tota...

JOHN THAW IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE' WITH JOHN FLANAGAN

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLr9GZN1O3R6QZhvXbsqZHx3rxkd2O09mAiQvMXRucJONU1by4TdpJnlFWVxa7mY2LkWwujerEz8YALdJ0klQiyhFPGmvKY5HUfxyauX66Ng4iVNP2CemCVMCmBCDAgWjcg2ZOUd85nQz95uSCJsdq8r-vzmCpYRBi6UN4c82p6Ol_dfH7NHYsP1KwLT-/s2001/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-30%20at%201.02.20%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="2001" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLr9GZN1O3R6QZhvXbsqZHx3rxkd2O09mAiQvMXRucJONU1by4TdpJnlFWVxa7mY2LkWwujerEz8YALdJ0klQiyhFPGmvKY5HUfxyauX66Ng4iVNP2CemCVMCmBCDAgWjcg2ZOUd85nQz95uSCJsdq8r-vzmCpYRBi6UN4c82p6Ol_dfH7NHYsP1KwLT-/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-30%20at%201.02.20%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Thaw and John Flanagan in THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE Year: 1975 Rating: *** </u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>THE SWEENEY season one's third episode THIN ICE can be called the "dog one" as it centers on a sophisticated criminal who flees to France, leaving his beloved pet behind... to be babysat and then imported to France by Brian Glover, an inept/bungling criminal who Regan and Carter (John Thaw and Dennis Waterman aided by grouchy PC John Flanagan as Matt Matthews) keep their eyes on and eventually sink their interrogating hooks into...</p><p></p><p>Making THIN ICE not only a quirky, semi-comedic episode but is the first of a series broken up into GET CARTER style gritty action/exploitation pieces or offbeat ventures like this one; yet it's also replete with the usual ingredients including a strict, overbearing chief for Regan to rebel against (Peter Jeffrey, who co-starred with John Thaw in the DR. PHIBES sequel) and the usual collection of character-actors also including Brian Wilde as a high-class lawyer and token bimbo-moll Margaret Nolan, waiting poolside with the classy antagonist Alfred Marks. </p><p><span></span></p>

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JOHN THAW IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE' WITH JOHN FLANAGAN

John Thaw and John Flanagan in THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE Year: 1975 Rating: *** THE SWEENEY season one's third episode THIN ICE can be calle...

JOHN LANDIS UNLEASHES 'AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwV5p3Mx_OIIC5tNvhU9ZsAZWsFzw9f2H4g40xrQMSIFqqs9rTvY588h-zTpxzqfjJJ0BAQuxWUd34fNi63DBp9WApRY0ln7LzPFOQ-80WEt_Y3vPgJsU64Cr_Y8AaDyaPhQJL8u48iNVS8kc0owVdYkvaUUvXl7gVjdwG-bzWTMHWthe2a8M1T_L6SHb/s1170/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-23%20at%201.32.20%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwV5p3Mx_OIIC5tNvhU9ZsAZWsFzw9f2H4g40xrQMSIFqqs9rTvY588h-zTpxzqfjJJ0BAQuxWUd34fNi63DBp9WApRY0ln7LzPFOQ-80WEt_Y3vPgJsU64Cr_Y8AaDyaPhQJL8u48iNVS8kc0owVdYkvaUUvXl7gVjdwG-bzWTMHWthe2a8M1T_L6SHb/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-23%20at%201.32.20%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Year: 1981 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Shame there were such bland DVD covers after years that finally made AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON a cult phenomenon: Like the howling wolf with Big Ben pasted cheaply behind; <i>still</i> the best image is the original: Two hikers beneath a full <i>blue moon</i>, spooked by what's unseen... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Enter the perfectly suited David Naughton as David Kessler, whose idea it was to hike the English Moors in-step with reluctant scene-stealer Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman, making WEREWOLF a sublime buddy flick... </p><p><span></span></p>

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JOHN LANDIS UNLEASHES 'AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON'

Title: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Year: 1981 Rating: ***** Shame there were such bland DVD covers after years that finally made AN AMERI...