Bending the rules

By Garry Maddox
February 8 2013 - 3:00am
Copping to it … <i>The Sweeney</i> was too good for Ben Drew too pass up.
Copping to it … <i>The Sweeney</i> was too good for Ben Drew too pass up.

As a musician, filmmaker and, increasingly, actor, Ben Drew was in a bind when he was offered a starring role in The Sweeney, the British movie based on the hit 1970s TV series about a take-no-prisoners London police squad.