The Blue Lamp
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1950
1h 24m
Approved
English
Crime, Thriller, Action
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The Blue Lamp
Approved
Movie
1950
1h 24m
English
Crime, Thriller, Action
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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Cast
PC George Dixon
PC Andy Mitchell
Tom Riley
Police Sgt. Roberts
Divisional Detective Inspector Cher...
Diana Lewis
Spud
PC 'Jock' Campbell
PC 'Taff' Hughes
Police Sgt. Brooks
Alf Lewis
Maisie
Mrs Em Dixon
Herself - Singer
Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)
Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)
Girl (Uncredited)
Detective (Uncredited)
Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)
Cinema Doorman (Uncredited)
Woman Driver (Uncredited)
Mike Randall (Uncredited)
Drunk (Uncredited)
Blond Urchin (Uncredited)
Man in ID Parade (Uncredited)
Directed By: Basil Dearden
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John Chard
6 years ago
Mustn't Grumble.
The Blue Lamp is directed by Basil Dearden and written by T.E.B. Clarke. It stars Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng and Peggy Evans. Music is by Ernest Irving and cinematography by Gordon Dines.
Andy Mitchell is a new recruit to the London police force, o More
The Blue Lamp is directed by Basil Dearden and written by T.E.B. Clarke. It stars Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng and Peggy Evans. Music is by Ernest Irving and cinematography by Gordon Dines.
Andy Mitchell is a new recruit to the London police force, o More
CinemaSerf
2 years ago
I think a lot of what makes this film resonate, even now 50-odd years later - is the stark fact that back then, the murder of a police officer was still pretty rare and was a crime guaranteed to galvanise both the police and the criminal fraternities alike against the culprit. That all helps to crea More
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