Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- gritty
- tense
- bleak
- crime drama night
- classic television viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jack Regan is introduced as a vengeful, unconventional detective responding to the violent death of another officer.
The plot begins with gangsters operating from a London pub and focuses on the violent realities faced by a flying squad officer.
Regan takes up the case after a fellow officer is brutally beaten and subsequently dies, making retribution central to his actions.
Gangsters, pubs, and flying squad policing establish a specifically working-class London crime environment.
Films like Regan, and why
The Sweeney
gritty british police procedural, unconventional detective, and working-class crime atmosphere
The French Connection
hard-edged urban policing, morally abrasive investigators, and realistic crime drama
Get Carter
revenge-driven detective investigation, police corruption-adjacent tension, and bleak crime atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Tom Clegg
- Release Date
- 1974-06-04
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Rating
- 8.7 / 10 (3)
Cast
- John Thaw
- Dennis Waterman
- Garfield Morgan
- Lee Montague
- David Daker
- Maureen Lipman
- Janet Key
- Morris Perry
- Stephen Yardley
- Barry Jackson
Common questions
- What is Regan about?
- A hard-edged London detective turns a fellow officer’s violent death into a fiercely personal hunt for the gangsters responsible.
- What is Regan like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Regan as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Regan violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Regan as brutal.
- Which films are like Regan?
- Films with a similar feel include The Sweeney, The French Connection, and Get Carter.
- How long is Regan?
- Regan runs 77 minutes.
