The Blue Lamp
Sheds just enough light for MURDER
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
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
Who's in it
Cast
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23 billed performers
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What It's About
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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.
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- Release date
- Jan 19, 1950
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
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