The Blue Lamp
“Sheds just enough light for MURDER”
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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Cast
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Jack Warner
PC George Dixon
Known for
The Ladykillers
The Quatermass Xperiment
Jimmy Hanley
PC Andy Mitchell
Known for
Gaslight
The Lost Continent
Dirk Bogarde
Tom Riley
Known for
A Bridge Too Far
Death in Venice
Robert Flemyng
Police Sgt. Roberts
Known for
Funny Face
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Bernard Lee
Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
Known for
From Russia with Love
The Third Man
Peggy Evans
Diana Lewis
Also in
Penny and the Pownall Case
Murder at 3am
Patric Doonan
Spud
Known for
The Man in the White Suit
Bruce Seton
PC 'Jock' Campbell
Known for
Whisky Galore!
Gorgo
Meredith Edwards
PC 'Taff' Hughes
Known for
The Cruel Sea
Dunkirk
Clive Morton
Police Sgt. Brooks
Known for
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Lavender Hill Mob
Frederick Piper
Alf Lewis
Known for
Passport to Pimlico
49th Parallel
Dora Bryan
Maisie
Known for
MirrorMask
A Taste of Honey
Basil Dearden Director · T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay Jan Read Writer
United States release June 1, 1950 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Ealing Studios
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Ealing Studios
Production · Studio
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 19, 1950
Theatrical
United States · June 1, 1950
Theatrical
Australia
November 24, 1950 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 12, 2016 · Physical · IMDB
United Kingdom
July 28, 1989 · Physical · VHS
August 21, 2006 · Physical · DVD
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