B|_UE L@MP,THE 1 1950

Introducing PC George Dixon (Warner), charged with showing new boy Andy Mitchell (Hanley) the ropes. There is helping old ladies and giving directions, until the film takes a darker turn when Dixon is killed in a raid on a cinema. The killer (a great turn from young Bogarde) is presented as part of a new breed of post-war criminals, without a code or honour, and even the respectable criminals want to help the police track him down. While the police are presented in an idealized way, London looks a fantastic playground, never more so than in the climactic showdown at White City. Dixon, of course, would be revived and live on for 20 years on TV.

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the newspapers date from 10 November 1949.

[custardaghost]

The Diana Lewis character was the one weak spot of this excellent film. Dishwater looks and a gratingly clumsy mock London-working-class accent (and cliched "so I tell you!" lines) could not hide the effects of a lifetime of genteel suburban elocution lessons she and so many contemporary British actresses were afflicted with.

[Poopingbotham]

It was nice to have been able to have a read of those newspaper headlines. Clement Attlee came up a few times, and if you're wondering who 'Sophie Tuckshop' was, she was a 'greedy schoolgirl' character played by Hattie Jacques!

[peterpeterxxo]

all time classic, dirk says after the shooting "all right, the coppers dead, so what ?" indeed so what it dosnt matter as he was resurrected for dixon of dock green.... post war west london, bbc buildings will be next.

[roseelee1]

i remember watching these old b/w films with my mum..the post war ones were my fav but i cant for the life of me remember any of the titles, but who could forget this classic...thanks for the upload

[Feisty1967]

This is where Dixon of Dock Green came from.

[xxkil]

earr chummy

[Yakerina]

Good heavens! And they deleted most of this? IDIOTS! If nothing else, well it's historical!