Brannigan

About Brannigan

A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard but has to contend with a stuffy old London first.

Douglas Hickox's Brannigan is a 1975 comedy crime film. Its themes are fish out of water, american abroad, scotland yard, and maverick cop.

John Wayne stars as Lt. Jim Brannigan, Richard Attenborough as Cmdr. Charles Swann, Judy Geeson as DS Jennifer Thatcher, and Mel Ferrer as Mel Fields. It runs 111 minutes and was released in March 1975.

The screenplay is by Christopher Trumbo and Michael Butler. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus.

Coogan's Bluff, Sherlock Holmes, and The Gentlemen make useful companions to Brannigan, all filed under extradition and fugitive suspect. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 121 votes and it carries a PG rating.