The Blue Lamp

NR

(57)

1/19/1950

EN

1h 24min

Crime

Thriller

Action

The Blue Lamp

Tagline

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

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.

Director

Basil Dearden

Screenplay

T. E. B. Clarke

Writer

Jan Read

Writer

Ted Willis

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  • Status

    Released

  • Budget

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  • Revenue

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  • Original Language

    English

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John Chard 2/8/2014

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 ...Show More

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CinemaSerf 12/27/2022

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 galva ...Show More

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