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The Sweeney · S1 · E12

Contact Breaker

  • TV-PG
  • Mar 20, 1975

After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.

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About this episode

After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.

Season 1

13 episodes
  1. 1Ringer

    Jan 2, 1975

    After Regan’s car is stolen with invaluable surveillance photos from a stakeout, the thief gives a heads-up to Sweeney’s target.

  2. 2Jackpot

    Jan 9, 1975

    Regan’s flying squad falls under suspicion after they apprehend a gang of hijackers, but a bag with 35,000 pounds in it has somehow disappeared.

  3. 3Thin Ice

    Jan 16, 1975

    Regan clashes with an arrogant police superintendent when a crime kingpin is allowed to leave the country and go to France.

  4. 4Queen’s Pawn

    Jan 23, 1975

    After a high-powered lawyer gets three petty thugs off on a murder charge, Regan is authorized to use whatever means necessary to bring the hoodlums in.

  5. 5Jigsaw

    Jan 30, 1975

    Regan is convinced that Eddie Boyse, a recently released career criminal, is responsible for a robbery, but Boyse was with Regan when the crime occurred.

  6. 6Night Out

    Feb 6, 1975

    When the Superintendent finds out that there is a bank robbery in progress on a Saturday afternoon, he assigns Regan to visit an old girlfriend whose apartment is adjacent.

  7. 7The Placer

    Feb 13, 1975

    Regan adopts a new identity as an ex-con and goes undercover as a truck driver to expose a hijacking ring.

  8. 8Cover Story

    Feb 20, 1975

    It’s unclear whether a beautiful crime reporter is involved with a criminal gang or just a catspaw.

  9. 9Golden Boy

    Feb 27, 1975

    When seedy informant Harry Fuller is spotted by Regan in a pub flush with money, he knows something is up and interrogates Harry.

  10. 10Stoppo Driver

    Mar 6, 1975

    After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.

  11. 11Big Spender

    Mar 13, 1975

    The Smith Brothers, a vicious group of mobsters, abandon their usual strong-arm tactics to run a parking ticket scam at a car park.

  12. 12Contact Breaker

    Mar 20, 1975Now viewing

    After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.

  13. 13Abduction

    Mar 27, 1975

    After Regan gets a tip about an upcoming robbery from a trusted informant, the gang kidnaps his daughter to blackmail him into inaction.

Guest stars

Tony AnholtMark Colebrook
Ivor RobertsSale
David JacksonEddy Cory
Colin DouglasCommander
Cheryl HallJenny
Warren ClarkeDanny Keever
Coral AtkinsBrenda Keever
John CollinParish
Jim NortonPhil Harrister
Kenneth GardnierArthur
Jill BalconMiss Hepple
Sydney ArnoldTilley
Frank JarvisPrison Officer
Patrick DurkinForeman Decorator