1950 • NR • 1h 24m
6.6/10
(50 users) 
Overview
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new 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.
6.6/10
(50 users) Cast / Crew 
Jack Warner PC George Dixon 
Jimmy Hanley PC Andy Mitchell 
Dirk Bogarde Tom Riley 
Robert Flemyng Police Sgt. Roberts 
Bernard Lee Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry 
Peggy Evans Diana Lewis 
Patric Doonan Spud 
Bruce Seton PC 'Jock' Campbell 
Meredith Edwards PC 'Taff' Hughes 
Clive Morton Police Sgt. Brooks 
Frederick Piper Alf Lewis 
Dora Bryan Maisie 
Gladys Henson Mrs Em Dixon 
Tessie O'Shea Herself - Singer 
John Adams PC at Darts Match (Uncredited) T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay 
Michael Balcon Producer Gordon Dines Director of Photography Jan Read Writer 
Basil Dearden Director Ted Willis Writer Jim Morahan Art Direction Anthony Mendleson Costume Design Ernest Irving Music Director Ernest Taylor Makeup Artist Harry Frampton Makeup Artist Chic Waterson Camera Operator Peter Tanner Editor Harry Kratz Assistant Director Arthur Bradburn Sound Recordist
Jack Warner PC George Dixon Jimmy Hanley PC Andy Mitchell Dirk Bogarde Tom Riley Robert Flemyng Police Sgt. Roberts Bernard Lee Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry Peggy Evans Diana Lewis Patric Doonan Spud Bruce Seton PC 'Jock' Campbell Meredith Edwards PC 'Taff' Hughes Clive Morton Police Sgt. Brooks Frederick Piper Alf Lewis Dora Bryan Maisie Gladys Henson Mrs Em Dixon Tessie O'Shea Herself - Singer John Adams PC at Darts Match (Uncredited) T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay Michael Balcon Producer Gordon Dines Director of Photography Jan Read Writer Basil Dearden Director Ted Willis Writer Jim Morahan Art Direction Anthony Mendleson Costume Design Ernest Irving Music Director Ernest Taylor Makeup Artist Harry Frampton Makeup Artist Chic Waterson Camera Operator Peter Tanner Editor Harry Kratz Assistant Director Arthur Bradburn Sound Recordist 
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