The Blue Lamp

1950

6.6 (64)

1 hr 24 min

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

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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.

Top 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

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