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
George Clinton Sweeney George Clinton Sweeney George Clinton Sweeney (July 23, 1895 – November 5, 1966) was a United States federal judge. Born in Gardner, Massachusetts, Sweeney received an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1922. He was in the United States Army Sergeant from 1917 to 1918. He was in private practice in Gardner, Massachusetts from 1924 to 1935. He served as Mayor of Gardner, Massachusetts from 1931 to 1933. He was an Assistant attorney general of the U.S. from 1933 to 1935. Sweeney was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Sweeney was