The Blue Lamp

Jan 19, 1950

1h 24m

★ 6.6

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Action

Production Companies

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Ealing Studios

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Cast

PC George Dixon

Jack Warner

PC Andy Mitchell

Jimmy Hanley

Tom Riley

Dirk Bogarde

Police Sgt. Roberts

Robert Flemyng

Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Bernard Lee

Diana Lewis

Peggy Evans

Spud

Patric Doonan

PC 'Jock' Campbell

Bruce Seton

PC 'Taff' Hughes

Meredith Edwards

Police Sgt. Brooks

Clive Morton

Alf Lewis

Frederick Piper

Maisie

Dora Bryan

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7.7

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7.3

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7.7

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6.3

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5.4

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4.9

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6.1

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5.5

Hell's Half Acre

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6.9

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10.0

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6.0

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6.0

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6.2

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7.1

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5.3

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7.5

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8.1

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7.9

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