The Blue Lamp (1950)

01/19/1950 (GB) • 1h 24m

Crime, Thriller, Action

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

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.

Top Billed 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

Bruce Seton

PC 'Jock' Campbell

Meredith Edwards

PC 'Taff' Hughes


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

film noir

policeman

british noir

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