We follow the daily activities of two London bobbies, veteran Police Constable George Dixon (Jack Warner) and rookie Police Constable Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley). Meanwhile, young hoods Tom (Sir Dirk Bogarde) and Spud (Patric Doonan) plan a series of robberies with Tom's girl Diana (Peggy Evans), a discontented beauty, as an inside worker. But in their second crime, one of our heroes is shot, setting off a citywide manhunt. The killer is clever, but will he outsmart himself?... (Full plot summary below)
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We follow the daily activities of two London bobbies, veteran Police Constable George Dixon (Jack Warner) and rookie Police Constable Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley). Meanwhile, young hoods Tom (Sir Dirk Bogarde) and Spud (Patric Doonan) plan a series of robberies with Tom's girl Diana (Peggy Evans), a discontented beauty, as an inside worker. But in their second crime, one of our heroes is shot, setting off a citywide manhunt. The killer is clever, but will he outsmart himself?
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| Monthly Film BulletinMFB CriticsThe latest production from Ealing Studios unavoidably challenges comparison with Hollywood in style and verisimilitude; it must be said that comparison on all major counts is unfavourable. |
| User ReviewMikey MDespite being VERY of its time, I was really impressed at the different ways this was shot on location, the depth in each frame, the attention to detail, minor characters, etc. I really liked it. |
| User ReviewKim AA classic British film that eventually spawned the series Dixon of Dock Green. An exemplary cast is led by Warner and a young Dirk Bogarde who shows how good he is as an actor in this film. |
| User ReviewGary SThis came across more as a soap than a film. Having said that it was worth watching just to see Dirk Bogarde. The camera loves him, and my eyes were drawn to him each time he was on camera. He really was a charasmatic actor. |
| User ReviewNigel KI don't imagine this was an accurate account of life in 1949 and it certainly hasn't worn well with time. For all that it's probably how we wish things were, for good or bad it was responsible for the long running TV series Dixon of Dock Green. Luckily George Dixon rose from the grave... |
| User ReviewArt SPolice officers pursue a band of thieves who kill one of their own. This film starts about thirty minutes too early; it's over a third of exposition. What is more, there is clear thesis to the film as it basically states in the first minute that it lauds the efforts of British police, and the film doesn't blanch at showing their bravery, resourcefulness, and teamwork. The officers are not flawed characters, nor are they really characters with any dimension. The bad guys are bad, nothing exceptional. And the plot unfolds rather predictably. Overall, I think this film might have been innovative in 1950, paving the way for The French Connection and other crime dramas, but today it doesn't hold as much sway. |
