Monday, March 31, 2014

Sunday, Mar. 30 - Sisters & The Sweeney: Ringer

Sisters (1973)

The Staten Island apartment of lovely model Danielle becomes the scene of a grisly murder that is witnessed by her neighbor, Grace, a reporter. But the police don't believe her story, so it's up to Grace to solve the murder mystery on her own.

The Sweeney (1975–1978) TV Series

British police series which revolutionised the genre on UK television in the mid 1970s. Jack Regan, played by John Thaw, is a hard edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police (called 'the Sweeney' from the Cockney rhyming slang 'Sweeney Todd' = 'Flying Squad"). He pursues villains by methods which are underhand, often illegal themselves, frequently violent and more often than not successful.

The Sweeney: Season 1, Episode 1 Ringer (2 Jan. 1975)

Regan and Carter are conducting surveillance on gang of villains led by Frankie Kemble when Jenny, Regan's girl-friend, has her car stolen with all the information Regan has collated on Kemble inside it. Unfortunately the documents end up in Kemble's possession and Regan has to find another way to trap him.

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