The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
64 audience votes
Key crew
- Basil DeardenDirector
- T. E. B. ClarkeScreenplay
- Jan ReadWriter
- Ted WillisWriter
Cast
- Jack WarnerPC George Dixon
- Jimmy HanleyPC Andy Mitchell
- Dirk BogardeTom Riley
- Robert FlemyngPolice Sgt. Roberts
- Bernard LeeDivisional Detective Inspector Cherry
- Peggy EvansDiana Lewis
- Patric DoonanSpud
- Bruce SetonPC 'Jock' Campbell
- Meredith EdwardsPC 'Taff' Hughes
- Clive MortonPolice Sgt. Brooks
- Frederick PiperAlf Lewis
- Dora BryanMaisie
Stills
Themes
film noirpolicemanbritish noir