The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp (1950)

24 November 1950 (AU)Crime, Thriller, Action1 hour and 24 minutes
66%
User score

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

Description

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.

T. E. B. Clarke
Screenplay
Jan Read
Writer
Basil Dearden
Director
Ted Willis
Writer

Actors

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)
Michael Corcoran
Michael Corcoran
Detective (Uncredited)
Betty Ann Davies
Betty Ann Davies
Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords
film noirpolicemanbritish noir