The Sweeney is a 2012 English-language Action Crime movie directed by Nick Love and produced by Allan Niblo, Rupert Preston, James Richardson, Christopher Simon and Felix Vossen under the banner of Vertigo Films. The sweeney features Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Hayley Atwell, Steven Mackintosh, Paul Anderson, Alan Ford and Chris Wilson. The screenplay is written by Nick Love which is inspired from The Sweeney by Ian Kennedy Martin. The music was composed by Lorne Balfe. Cinematography was done by Simon Dennis and editing by James Herbert. The film has a running time of 112 minutes. It was released on 12th September 2012 in English and Serbian languages. The Film was successful at box office. The Sweeney was made on a budget of £3 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $7 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Entertainment One.