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The Blue Lamp
The Blue Lamp

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

19501h 24mNRCrimeThrillerAction
6.6
TMDB63 votes

Synopsis

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.

Studio

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Release Date

January 19, 1950

Audio

English

Subtitles

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Director

Basil Dearden

Writers

T. E. B. Clarke, Jan Read, Ted Willis

Cast & Crew

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

Frederick Piper

Frederick Piper

Alf Lewis

Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Maisie

Gladys Henson

Gladys Henson

Mrs Em Dixon

Tessie O'Shea

Tessie O'Shea

Herself - Singer

John Adams

John Adams

PC at Darts Match (Uncredited)

Muriel Aked

Muriel Aked

Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)

Arnold Bell

Arnold Bell

Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)

Alma Cogan

Alma Cogan

Girl (Uncredited)

Extras

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