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The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

19506.61h 24m

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.

Directed by Basil Dearden
Written by T. E. B. Clarke, Jan Read, Ted Willis
Produced by Michael Balcon
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Top Cast

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

PC George Dixon

Jimmy Hanley

Jimmy Hanley

PC Andy Mitchell

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Tom Riley

Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Police Sgt. Roberts

Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Peggy Evans

Peggy Evans

Diana Lewis

Patric Doonan

Patric Doonan

Spud

Bruce Seton

Bruce Seton

PC 'Jock' Campbell

Meredith Edwards

Meredith Edwards

PC 'Taff' Hughes

Clive Morton

Clive Morton

Police Sgt. Brooks

Themes & Keywords

film noirpolicemanbritish noir

About The Blue Lamp

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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