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.

Directed by: Basil Dearden
Written by: T. E. B. Clarke & Ted Willis & Jan Read
Runtime: 84 minutes
Tagline: Sheds just enough light for MURDER
Cast:
Jack Warner Jack Warner
PC George Dixon 
Jimmy Hanley Jimmy Hanley
PC Andy Mitchell 
Dirk Bogarde Dirk Bogarde
Tom Riley 
Robert Flemyng Robert Flemyng
Police Sgt. Roberts 
Bernard Lee Bernard Lee
Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry 
Peggy Evans Peggy Evans
Diana Lewis 
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