The Blue Lamp (1950)
Sheds just enough light for MURDER
1950 · 1h 24m · Crime, Thriller, Action
Genres: 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.
Director: Basil Dearden
Writers: T. E. B. Clarke, Jan Read, Ted Willis
Cinematography: Gordon Dines
Editor: Peter Tanner
Rated 6.6/10 by 64 viewers
Cast
Jack Warner as PC George DixonJimmy Hanley as PC Andy MitchellDirk Bogarde as Tom RileyRobert Flemyng as Police Sgt. RobertsBernard Lee as Divisional Detective Inspector CherryPeggy Evans as Diana LewisPatric Doonan as SpudBruce Seton as PC 'Jock' CampbellMeredith Edwards as PC 'Taff' HughesClive Morton as Police Sgt. BrooksFrederick Piper as Alf LewisDora Bryan as MaisieMore like this
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