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The Blue Lamp

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

  • Movie
  • 1950
  • 1h 24m

Directed by Basil Dearden

6.6

TMDB audience rating
6.6 out of 10 from 64 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Jack Warner

    Jack WarnerPC George Dixon

  • Jimmy Hanley

    Jimmy HanleyPC Andy Mitchell

  • Dirk Bogarde

    Dirk BogardeTom Riley

  • Robert Flemyng

    Robert FlemyngPolice Sgt. Roberts

  • Bernard Lee

    Bernard LeeDivisional Detective Inspector Cherry

  • Peggy Evans

    Peggy EvansDiana Lewis

  • Patric Doonan

    Patric DoonanSpud

  • Bruce Seton

    Bruce SetonPC 'Jock' Campbell

  • Meredith Edwards

    Meredith EdwardsPC 'Taff' Hughes

  • Clive Morton

    Clive MortonPolice Sgt. Brooks

  • Frederick Piper

    Frederick PiperAlf Lewis

  • Dora Bryan

    Dora BryanMaisie

  • Gladys Henson

    Gladys HensonMrs Em Dixon

  • Tessie O'SheaHerself - Singer

  • John AdamsPC at Darts Match (Uncredited)

  • Muriel Aked

    Muriel AkedMrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)

  • Arnold BellHospital Doctor (Uncredited)

  • Alma CoganGirl (Uncredited)

Director
Basil Dearden
Writer
T. E. B. Clarke, Jan Read and Ted Willis
Cinematography
Gordon Dines