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Sweeney 2

Sweeney 2

They're back - tougher than ever!

19786.11h 44m

Overview

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.

Directed by Tom Clegg
Written by Troy Kennedy Martin
Box Office0Revenue: $65K

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Top Cast

John Thaw

John Thaw

Det. Insp. Jack Regan

Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman

Det. Sgt. George Carter

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

Ex-Det. Chief Superintendent Jupp

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Det. Chief Insp. Dilke

Ken Hutchison

Ken Hutchison

Hill

Anna Gaël

Anna Gaël

Mrs Hill

Derrick O'Connor

Derrick O'Connor

Llewellyn

Georgina Hale

Georgina Hale

Switchboard Girl

Brian Hall

Brian Hall

Haughton

James Warrior

James Warrior

Jellyneck

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Themes & Keywords

robberypolicesequelspin off

About Sweeney 2

Sweeney 2 is a action, crime, drama, thriller film released in 1978 exploring themes of robbery, police, sequel, spin off. Directed by Tom Clegg, it stars John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Denholm Elliott. The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.

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