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.
| Directing | Basil Dearden | Director |
| Writing | T. E. B. Clarke | Screenplay |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Writing | Jan Read | Writer |
| Camera | Gordon Dines | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peter Tanner | Editor |
| Writing | Ted Willis | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernest Taylor | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Chic Waterson | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Frampton | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jim Morahan | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Music Director |
| Directing | Harry Kratz | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Lionel Banes | Additional Director of Photography |
| Sound | Arthur Bradburn | Sound Recordist |
