The Blue Lamp
Sheds just enough light for MURDER
Crime
Thriller
Action
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1950-01-19
Runtime:
1h 24m
Director:
Basil Dearden
Writer:
T. E. B. Clarke, Jan Read, Ted Willis
Top Cast
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
Frederick Piper
Alf Lewis
Dora Bryan
Maisie
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