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The Blue Lamp (1950)

Movie"Sheds just enough light for MURDER"
Audience Score
66
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NR 1 hr 24 minJun 1st, 1950Action, Thriller, Crime
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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.
StarringJack WarnerJimmy HanleyDirk Bogarde
DirectorBasil Dearden
WritersJan ReadTed Willis

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 1st, 1950
Original Language:English
Production Companies:J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios
Movie Tags:
film noirpolicemanbritish noir