The Blue Lamp

Name: The Blue Lamp
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action
Released: 1950-01-19
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.641

★ 6,6 /10 (64 Votes)

1950 EN 84 min

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.

Stream

Release date

19/01/1950

Votes

Popularity

1.9

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

Genres

Crime Thriller Action

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

84 min

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

Spud

Bruce Seton

PC 'Jock' Campbell

Meredith Edwards

PC 'Taff' Hughes

Clive Morton

Police Sgt. Brooks

Frederick Piper

Alf Lewis

Dora Bryan

Maisie

Gladys Henson

Mrs Em Dixon

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Tessie O'Shea

Herself - Singer

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John Adams

PC at Darts Match (Uncredited)

Muriel Aked

Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)

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Arnold Bell

Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)

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Alma Cogan

Girl (Uncredited)

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Michael Corcoran

Detective (Uncredited)

Betty Ann Davies

Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)

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Rowland Douglas

Cinema Doorman (Uncredited)

Renee Gadd

Woman Driver (Uncredited)

Michael Golden

Mike Randall (Uncredited)

Cameron Hall

Drunk (Uncredited)

Melvyn Hayes

Blond Urchin (Uncredited)

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Eric Henderson

Police Constable (Uncredited)

Charles Houston

Man in ID Parade (Uncredited)

Glyn Houston

Barrow Boy (Uncredited)

Jennifer Jayne

June (Uncredited)

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Gerry Judge

Driver in Crashed Car Sequence (Uncredited)

Sam Kydd

Bookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited)

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Duncan Lewis

Mr Williams (Uncredited)

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Arthur Lovegrove

Man Being Fingerprinted (Uncredited)

Jack May

Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

William Mervyn

Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)

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Glen Michael

Larry (Uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

PC at Darts Game (Uncredited)

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Richard Neller

Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

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Rosemary Nicols

Urchin (Uncredited)

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Joe Phelps

Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

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Paul Phillips

Man in Street (Uncredited)

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Sidney Pointer

Supt. Harwood (Uncredited)

John Salew

Officious Man (Uncredited)

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Arthur Sandifer

Man in Street (Uncredited)

Stuart Saunders

White City Security Officer (Uncredited)

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Charles Saynor

PC Wal Tovey (Uncredited)

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Jack Sharp

Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

Norman Shelley

F.P. Jordan (Uncredited)

Campbell Singer

Station Sergeant (Uncredited)

Anthony Steel

Police Constable (Uncredited)

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Gwynne Whitby

Police Sgt Grace Millard (Uncredited)

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Billy Wilmot

Man in Crowd (Uncredited)

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Doris Yorke

Cinema Cashier (Uncredited)

Arthur Rigby

Policeman at Station(uncredited)

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Gene Neighbors

Queenie (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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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…

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I think a lot of what makes this film resonate, even now 50-odd years later - is the stark fact that back then, the murder of a police officer was still pretty rare and was a crime guaranteed to galvanise both the police and the criminal fraternities alike against the culprit. That all helps to create an authentic scenario in which Dirk Bogarde is super as a petty thief who gets caught up in events that quickly run out of control. Peggy Evans is great, too, as the hysterical girlfriend. Basil Dearden keeps the whole thing tense and engrossing as the net begins to close and we get a gripping fi…

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