Dixon of Green Dock – The Rotten Apple – 1956 This early UK Police drama ran for 22 seasons and 400 plus episodes from 1955 – 76. It starred Jack Warner as P.C. George Dixon.
There has been a string of burglaries in the area, and the local cops are getting a hard time from headquarters. The heat is really turned up when the home of the local alderman is robbed.
The prime suspect, a man known as, "The Captain", Geoffrey King, always seems to have an alibi. The robberies continue to happen on an almost nightly basis..
A week later, King is caught in the act of robbing a home by the resident. The Police quickly gobble King up and throw him in the clink. King admits to the one robbery but denies doing the others.
The next night, Warner is at home having a beer with his daughter, Jeanette Hutchinson. Several fellow cops stop by and offer to take Warner out to tip a few. Warner declines, then suggests that Hutchinson should go out and have a good time. The cops, Paul Eddington, Peter Byrne and Moria Mannion, agree. They all pile into the car and head off.
Though "The Captain", is in the cooler, the robberies start up again. What is going on? The description of the villain and the crimes m.o. all match, "The Captain". The police are left scratching their heads over this turn of events.
Dixon gets a visit from the local legal horse bookie, Harry Ross. Ross tells Warner that one of the local cops, Eddington, is in deep with Ross. Ross does not want to make trouble, but needs his cash. If he goes to the station Eddington will lose his job. Could Warner ask Eddington about the money.
For the image of the Force, Warner agrees to have a quiet word with Eddington. Warner stops by Eddington's flat on the way to work.
A very nervous Eddington is in the middle of changing into his uniform. He agrees to straighten out the gambling debt a.s.a.p. As Warner turns to leave, he bumps a box on the table, and out on to the floor clatters a pile of silverware. Warner looks in the box and discovers most of the items reported stolen.
It seems Eddington had been using his knowledge of Police procedures to pull the jobs himself. He was then selling the swag for money to gamble with. On go the cuffs and off to jail goes Eddington. (b/w)
There has been a string of burglaries in the area, and the local cops are getting a hard time from headquarters. The heat is really turned up when the home of the local alderman is robbed.
The prime suspect, a man known as, "The Captain", Geoffrey King, always seems to have an alibi. The robberies continue to happen on an almost nightly basis..
A week later, King is caught in the act of robbing a home by the resident. The Police quickly gobble King up and throw him in the clink. King admits to the one robbery but denies doing the others.
The next night, Warner is at home having a beer with his daughter, Jeanette Hutchinson. Several fellow cops stop by and offer to take Warner out to tip a few. Warner declines, then suggests that Hutchinson should go out and have a good time. The cops, Paul Eddington, Peter Byrne and Moria Mannion, agree. They all pile into the car and head off.
Though "The Captain", is in the cooler, the robberies start up again. What is going on? The description of the villain and the crimes m.o. all match, "The Captain". The police are left scratching their heads over this turn of events.
Dixon gets a visit from the local legal horse bookie, Harry Ross. Ross tells Warner that one of the local cops, Eddington, is in deep with Ross. Ross does not want to make trouble, but needs his cash. If he goes to the station Eddington will lose his job. Could Warner ask Eddington about the money.
For the image of the Force, Warner agrees to have a quiet word with Eddington. Warner stops by Eddington's flat on the way to work.
A very nervous Eddington is in the middle of changing into his uniform. He agrees to straighten out the gambling debt a.s.a.p. As Warner turns to leave, he bumps a box on the table, and out on to the floor clatters a pile of silverware. Warner looks in the box and discovers most of the items reported stolen.
It seems Eddington had been using his knowledge of Police procedures to pull the jobs himself. He was then selling the swag for money to gamble with. On go the cuffs and off to jail goes Eddington. (b/w)