Released:
1950-01-19

Overview:
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.

Director:
Basil Dearden

Runtime:
1h 24min

Genre:
Crime, Thriller, Action

• Cast:
• 
  Jack Warner
  as
  PC George Dixon
• 
  Jimmy Hanley
  as
  PC Andy Mitchell
• 
  Dirk Bogarde
  as
  Tom Riley
• 
  Robert Flemyng
  as
  Police Sgt. Roberts
• 
  Bernard Lee
  as
  Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry