The Blue Lamp (1950)

  • NR
  • 06/01/1950 (US)
  • Crime, Thriller, Action
  • 1h 24m

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.

Basil Dearden

Director

T. E. B. Clarke

Screenplay

Jan Read

Writer

Ted Willis

Writer

Cast

Jack Warner's headshot

Jack Warner

PC George Dixon
Jimmy Hanley's headshot

Jimmy Hanley

PC Andy Mitchell
Dirk Bogarde's headshot

Dirk Bogarde

Tom Riley
Robert Flemyng's headshot

Robert Flemyng

Police Sgt. Roberts
Bernard Lee's headshot

Bernard Lee

Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
Peggy Evans's headshot

Peggy Evans

Diana Lewis
Patric Doonan's headshot

Patric Doonan

Spud
Bruce Seton's headshot

Bruce Seton

PC 'Jock' Campbell

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