Movie
The Blue Lamp
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-01-19
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Warner as PC George Dixon
- Jimmy Hanley as PC Andy Mitchell
- Dirk Bogarde as Tom Riley
- Robert Flemyng as Police Sgt. Roberts
- Bernard Lee as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
- Peggy Evans as Diana Lewis
- Patric Doonan as Spud
- Bruce Seton as PC 'Jock' Campbell
- Meredith Edwards as PC 'Taff' Hughes
- Clive Morton as Police Sgt. Brooks
- Frederick Piper as Alf Lewis
- Dora Bryan as Maisie
Crew
- Basil Dearden - Director
- Jan Read - Writer
- Ted Willis - Writer
- T. E. B. Clarke - Screenplay
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