The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp (1950)

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

  • Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action
  • Release Date: 1950-01-19
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 59 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: J. Arthur Rank Organisation
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Basil Dearden
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From 59 Ratings

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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Gladys Henson

    as Mrs Em Dixon

  • Tessie O'Shea

    as Herself - Singer

  • John Adams

    as PC at Darts Match (Uncredited)

  • Muriel Aked

    as Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)

  • Arnold Bell

    as Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)

  • Alma Cogan

    as Girl (Uncredited)

  • Michael Corcoran

    as Detective (Uncredited)

  • Betty Ann Davies

    as Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)

  • Rowland Douglas

    as Cinema Doorman (Uncredited)

  • Renee Gadd

    as Woman Driver (Uncredited)

  • Michael Golden

    as Mike Randall (Uncredited)

  • Cameron Hall

    as Drunk (Uncredited)

  • Melvyn Hayes

    as Blond Urchin (Uncredited)

  • Eric Henderson

    as Police Constable (Uncredited)

  • Charles Houston

    as Man in ID Parade (Uncredited)

  • Glyn Houston

    as Barrow Boy (Uncredited)

  • Jennifer Jayne

    as June (Uncredited)

  • Gerry Judge

    as Driver in Crashed Car Sequence (Uncredited)

  • Sam Kydd

    as Bookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited)

  • Duncan Lewis

    as Mr Williams (Uncredited)

  • Arthur Lovegrove

    as Man Being Fingerprinted (Uncredited)

  • Jack May

    as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

  • William Mervyn

    as Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)

  • Glen Michael

    as Larry (Uncredited)

  • Arthur Mullard

    as PC at Darts Game (Uncredited)

  • Richard Neller

    as Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

  • Rosemary Nicols

    as Urchin (Uncredited)

  • Joe Phelps

    as Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

  • Paul Phillips

    as Man in Street (Uncredited)

  • Sidney Pointer

    as Supt. Harwood (Uncredited)

  • John Salew

    as Officious Man (Uncredited)

  • Arthur Sandifer

    as Man in Street (Uncredited)

  • Stuart Saunders

    as White City Security Officer (Uncredited)

  • Charles Saynor

    as PC Wal Tovey (Uncredited)

  • Jack Sharp

    as Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

  • Norman Shelley

    as F.P. Jordan (Uncredited)

  • Campbell Singer

    as Station Sergeant (Uncredited)

  • Anthony Steel

    as Police Constable (Uncredited)

  • Gwynne Whitby

    as Police Sgt Grace Millard (Uncredited)

  • Billy Wilmot

    as Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

  • Doris Yorke

    as Cinema Cashier (Uncredited)

  • Arthur Rigby

    as Policeman at Station(uncredited)

  • Gene Neighbors

    as Queenie (uncredited)
Writing T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay
Production Michael Balcon Producer
Camera Gordon Dines Director of Photography
Writing Jan Read Writer
Directing Basil Dearden Director
Writing Ted Willis Writer
Art Jim Morahan Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Anthony Mendleson Costume Design
Sound Ernest Irving Music Director
Costume & Make-Up Ernest Taylor Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Harry Frampton Makeup Artist
Camera Chic Waterson Camera Operator
Editing Peter Tanner Editor
Directing Harry Kratz Assistant Director
Sound Arthur Bradburn Sound Recordist
Camera Lionel Banes Additional Director of Photography

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