The Sweeney (TV Series)
Ringer (1975)
John Thaw: Regan
Quotes
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Det. Insp. Jack Regan : We're the Sweeney, son, and we haven't had any dinner - you've kept us waiting. So unless you want a kicking, you tell us where those photographs are.
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[to Bernard Driscoll]
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : [threateningly] I'm gonna drown you in your own sweat if I find out you're involved!
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Bernard Driscoll : Gentlemen, occasionally I do a little favour for Mr Kemble. Track tip, business gossip - that's all.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : What favours have you done him recently?
Bernard Driscoll : Told you - I owed him money?
Det. Sgt. George Carter : What for?
Bernard Driscoll : A motor I bought for my old lady. Already she's scratched it and the dog's spewed up in the back. Why did Adam ever bite that apple?
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[Carter is eating a pot of yoghurt. Regan looks on in disgust]
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : D'you eat much of that?
Det. Sgt. George Carter : About three a day.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Yuk.
Det. Sgt. George Carter : [conspiratorially] Listen, this old Bubble told me it was an aphrodisiac. My wife won't buy it. So I get it delivered secretly - in handy thirty-gallon drums!
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[Kemble tries to flee from the scene of the robbery by car. Suddenly Regan appears and points his gun at Kemble's head]
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : [menacingly] Switch off! Or they'll collect your head in a pillow-case.
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Jenny Peters : Do all coppers have cold hands?
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Only the randy ones.
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Edi Driscoll : Hey, how's that goldfish?
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Next door's cat got it.
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[last lines]
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : [to Jenny] I forgot to lock your car.
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Det. Insp. Jack Regan : [to "Stupid Hawes", who won't tell him where the photographs are] I don't like wasting time on rubbish like you, son!
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Commander : Hey, you'd better make it, Jack, or I will personally bury you.
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Thanks. Do you want the heads mounted? On the wall?
[leaves the Commander's office]
Commander : Comedian.
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Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins : Who the hell do you think you're talking to, Regan?
Det. Insp. Jack Regan : Do you want me to answer that?