Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series)
The Rotten Apple (1956)
Jack Warner: PC George Dixon
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Quotes
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[George is confronting PC Carr over his £180 gambling debt with bookmaker Maurie Weitzman whilst clearly maintaining an affluent lifestyle]
PC Tom Carr : I've been a fool, I know. Maybe I like to show off a bit, but I didn't mean any real harm.
PC George Dixon : Well, how much more can you raise?
PC Tom Carr : Ten or twenty quid.
[Carr crosses to his mantelpiece, then starts laughing]
PC Tom Carr : Oh, I get it! You're in with Maurie, are you? He looks after you?
PC George Dixon : [Incredulous] He what?
PC Tom Carr : [Chuckles] You don't want to worry about me, George! I know what it's like, trying to manage on police pay. If Maurie slips you a couple of quid now and then, who's to know?
PC George Dixon : Why you little rat!
[George grabs Carr and throws him onto his bed]
PC Tom Carr : [Protesting] You can't do that!
PC George Dixon : Can't I? I came here with the intention of helping you. You're young and you're a copper, and I don't like to see coppers in trouble. But you're not worth it, I can see that. You cheated Maurie and you'll cheat other people as well; you're nothing but a dirty, cheap little swindler. Now come on, get up off that bed and we'll go down and talk to the Inspector.
PC Tom Carr : [Scrambling to his feet] You can't make me go to the station. I've committed no crime. You're the criminal, busting in here accusing me of being a crook. I could arrest you.
PC George Dixon : Try it.
PC Tom Carr : I wouldn't soil my hands.
[He returns to the mantelpiece]
PC George Dixon : Now, come on son, let's go down and talk to the Inspector. He'll find out sooner or later and then it'll be curtains. This way, well, he - he might give you another chance if you own up.
PC Tom Carr : That bookie don't deserve his money. You can't claim for gambling debts.
PC George Dixon : Now come on.
[Carr pulls away, and stumbles against a table, knocking over a suitcase full of silverware. George inspects an inscribed cup]
PC George Dixon : "Alderman F. Mayhew - from his many friends on the Dock Green Council." The break-ins. You!
PC Tom Carr : Look, Mr Dixon, I can explain that ...
PC George Dixon : You used your uniform - for this!
PC Tom Carr : I had to have money, see? I did it first time just as a lark. Nobody suspected a copper, see.
PC George Dixon : Shut up! You can talk when you get to the station. There's nothing worse than a rotten copper. Nothing! It's the lowest thing that crawls on God's earth. Take off that uniform - take it off!
[Reluctantly Carr begins to unbutton his jacket]
PC George Dixon : And when you've got it off, put on something different. Then I'll arrest you. I'm taking you in, Carr. But not in that tunic.
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PC George Dixon : Well, that was the only bad copper I ever met. We're not angels, you know, and they say you get a bad apple in every barrel, but the police have to build on trust, and the papers will print a page about one bad policeman and never mention the thousands who do their job honestly. When we find a bad 'un, we're down on him like a ton of bricks. Well, I've got to be on my way. See you next week. Ta-ta!