The Blue Lamp

6.6 / 10

(48 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Crime,

Thriller,

Action

Duration:

84 minutes

Year:

1950

Director:

Basil Dearden

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Company:

J. Arthur Rank Organisation,

Ealing Studios

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

Crew:
Basil Dearden

Director

T. E. B. Clarke

Screenplay

Michael Balcon

Producer

Jan Read

Writer

Gordon Dines

Director of Photography