The Blue Lamp

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The Blue Lamp (1950)

PG 06/01/1950 (US) Crime, Thriller, Action 1h 24m

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Sheds just enough light for MURDER

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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.

Basil Dearden

Director
T. E. B. Clarke

Screenplay
Jan Read

Writer
Ted Willis

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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
Patric Doonan

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Bruce Seton

PC 'Jock' Campbell
Meredith Edwards

PC 'Taff' Hughes
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A review by John Chard

75%

Written by John Chard on February 8, 2014

Mustn't Grumble.

The Blue Lamp is directed by Basil Dearden and written by T.E.B. Clarke. It stars Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng and Peggy Evans. Music is by Ernest Irving and cinematography by Gordon Dines.

Andy Mitchell is a new recruit to the London police force, old hand George Dixon takes him under his wing and shows him the ropes. When Dixon is gunned down by a hot headed crook, Mitchell, the force, and the close knit community, all rally round to catch the villain.

What chiefly makes The Blue Lamp a fine watch is being able to witness the good old days... read the rest.

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