The Blue Lamp (1950)
"Sheds just enough light for MURDER"

Title: The Blue Lamp
Original Title: The Blue Lamp
Release Date: 1950-01-19
Status: Released
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 54 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Action
Production Companies: J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios
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.
Cast

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