
Brighton Rock(1948)
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.


“Sheds just enough light for MURDER”
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.

Jack Warner
PC George Dixon

Jimmy Hanley
PC Andy Mitchell

Dirk Bogarde
Tom Riley

Robert Flemyng
Police Sgt. Roberts

Bernard Lee
Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Peggy Evans
Diana Lewis

Patric Doonan
Spud

Bruce Seton
PC 'Jock' Campbell

Meredith Edwards
PC 'Taff' Hughes

Clive Morton
Police Sgt. Brooks
The Blue Lamp is a crime, thriller, action film released in 1950 exploring themes of film noir, policeman, british noir. Directed by Basil Dearden, it stars Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde. 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.
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