Second theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flyi... Read allSecond theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.Second theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe character of Jupp (Denholm Elliott) was based on disgraced Flying Squad commander Kenneth Drury.
- GoofsWhen Regan is talking to the telephone operator in the hotel where the bomb is being defused, one shot shows the mouthpiece of the operator's headset pointing correctly towards her mouth. However in the next shot from the opposite side, the mouthpiece is pointing in the wrong direction, away from her mouth.
- Quotes
Det. Insp. Jack Regan: No DOGS. The last time we had dogs, they bit every man present but the villains.
[pause]
Det. Insp. Jack Regan: I think they train them to bite squad officers.
Soames: That's not true, sir.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan: Will you belt up, Soames. Who fuckin' asked you?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bergerac: Portrait of Yesterday (1981)
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- Also known as
- Sweeney Two
- Filming locations
- Ripley Gardens, London, England, UK(The footbridge over the train tracks where Regan and Carter are talking after the robbery gang escaped)
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- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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