Film Forum

U.K., 1950
Directed by Basil Dearden
Screenplay by Jan Read, Ted Willis, T.E.B. Clarke, from an original treatment by Jan Read and Ted Willis
With Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley
Approx. 85 min. DCP.

“The film that spawned George Dixon, of 'Dock Green' fame, here presented as the perfect friendly bobby, teaching new recruit Hanley the rules of the game, until halfway through he is shot and killed by Bogarde's reckless delinquent. Thereafter the film details the search for the killer, but it's less interesting as a thriller than as a cosy, rosy depiction of both the police and the society in which they function, ever ready to help the bobbies in their quest for justice.” – Time Out

Reviews

“A warm and affectionate tribute to the London metropolitan police.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times