We follow the daily activities of two London bobbies, veteran George Dixon and rookie Andy Mitchell. Meanwhile, young hoods Tom and Spud plan a series of robberies with Tom's girl Diana, a discontented beauty, as 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?
Directed byBasil Dearden
Written byT.E.B. Clarke (screenplay), Jan Read (original treatment), Ted Willis (original treatment), Alexander Mackendrick (additional dialogue)
CountryUK
Runtime84 min
On screen
Jack Warner
Jimmy Hanley
Dirk Bogarde
Robert Flemyng