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.

Maniac
1963
6.2/10

Oscar Shaw
2026
6.6/10

The Mirror Crack'd
1980
6.1/10

Indemnity
2022
6.6/10

Nightfall
1956
6.9/10

The Glass Key
1942
6.7/10

Pickup on South Street
1953
7.4/10

Lady in the Lake
1946
6.1/10

They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
6.6/10

Short Time
1990
6.5/10

The Quiller Memorandum
1966
5.9/10

No Name on the Bullet
1959
6.6/10

Odd Man Out
1947
7.3/10

5 Against the House
1955
5.9/10

He Walked by Night
1949
6.7/10

The Locket
1946
6.3/10

Black Angel
1946
6.1/10

Time Without Pity
1957
6.5/10

Point Blank
1967
7.1/10

The Mechanic
1972
6.7/10
Like Blood
2019
4/10