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The Blue Lamp
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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

Jack Warner

PC George Dixon

Jack Warner

Jimmy Hanley

PC Andy Mitchell

Jimmy Hanley

Dirk Bogarde

Tom Riley

Dirk Bogarde

Robert Flemyng

Police Sgt. Roberts

Robert Flemyng

Bernard Lee

Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Bernard Lee

Peggy Evans

Diana Lewis

Peggy Evans

Patric Doonan

Spud

Patric Doonan

Bruce Seton

PC 'Jock' Campbell

Bruce Seton

Meredith Edwards

PC 'Taff' Hughes

Meredith Edwards

Clive Morton

Police Sgt. Brooks

Clive Morton

Frederick Piper

Alf Lewis

Frederick Piper

Dora Bryan

Maisie

Dora Bryan