The Sweeney (2012 film) The Sweeney (2012 film) The Sweeney is a 2012 British action drama film, inspired by the 1970s "The Sweeney", the British television police drama of the same name, but set in contemporary London. Directed and written by Nick Love, and co-written by John Hodge, it is based on the characters created by Ian Kennedy Martin. It stars Ray Winstone as Jack Regan, Plan B (credited as Ben Drew) as George Carter, and Damian Lewis as Frank Haskins, with Allen Leech and Hayley Atwell. The story focuses on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police. The
Joseph Sweeney (actor) Joseph Sweeney (actor) Joseph Sweeney (July 26, 1884 – November 25, 1963) was an American actor who worked in stage productions, television and movies. His most famous role was as the elderly Juror #9 in the 1957 film "12 Angry Men", the role he originated in a 1954 "Westinghouse Studio One" live teleplay of which the film was an adaptation. Sweeney had a successful career as a stage performer in such productions as "The Clansmen", "George Washington Slept Here", "Ladies and Gentlemen", "A Slight Case of Murder", "Dear Old Darlin", and "Days To Remember". In the 1940s he made the