The Blue Lamp
The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

6.6(57 votes)
1950
1h 24m
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.

Production

J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios

Cast

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

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