Crime ·Thriller ·Action · United Kingdom · 1950 · 1h 24m

The Blue Lamp

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Director
Basil Dearden
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
Crew
Gordon Dines — Director of Photography Peter Tanner — Editor T. E. B. Clarke — Screenplay Jan Read — Writer Ted Willis — Writer Michael Balcon — Producer
Tagline

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
film noirpolicemanbritish noir
Key Collaborators
Basil Dearden Director Gordon Dines Director of Photography Peter Tanner Editor T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay Jan Read Writer Ted Willis Writer Michael Balcon Producer Anthony Mendleson Costume Design
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