The Blue Lamp

"Sheds just enough light for MURDER"

Jan 8 1951 Approved 1h 24m

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Plot

We follow the daily activities of two London bobbies, veteran Police Constable George Dixon (Jack Warner) and rookie Police Constable Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley). Meanwhile, young hoods Tom (Sir Dirk Bogarde) and Spud (Patric Doonan) plan a series of robberies with Tom's girl Diana (Peggy Evans), a discontented beauty, as an inside worker. But in their second crime, one of our heroes is shot, setting off a citywide manhunt. The killer is clever, but will he outsmart himself?

Written by

T.E.B. Clarke, Jan Read, Ted Willis

Directed by

Basil Dearden

Cast

Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total

Scores

# of Votes

2,829

Average Rating

6.8 out of 10

Metascore

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