The Blue Lamp

1950

1h 24m

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6.6/10

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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.

Directors

Basil Dearden

Writers

T. E. B. Clarke(screenplay by)

Jan Read(writer by)

Ted Willis(writer by)

Stars

Jack Warner

Jimmy Hanley

Dirk Bogarde

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Top cast

PC George Dixon

PC Andy Mitchell

Tom Riley

Police Sgt. Roberts

Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Diana Lewis

Spud

PC 'Jock' Campbell

PC 'Taff' Hughes

Police Sgt. Brooks

Alf Lewis

Maisie

Mrs Em Dixon

Herself - Singer

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Muriel Aked

Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)

Arnold Bell

Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)

Alma Cogan

Girl (Uncredited)

Directors

Basil Dearden

Writers

T. E. B. Clarke(screenplay by)

Jan Read(writer by)

Ted Willis(writer by)

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7/10

I think a lot of what makes this film resonate, even now 50-odd years later - is the stark fact that back then, the murder of a police officer was still pretty rare and was a crime guaranteed to galvanise both the police and the criminal fraternities alike against the culprit. That all helps to create an authentic scenario in which Dirk Bogarde is super as a petty thief who gets caught up in events that quickly run out of control. Peggy Evans is great, too, as the hysterical girlfriend. Basil Dearden keeps the whole thing tense and engrossing as the net begins to close and we get a gripping finale to this fairly simple film.

Geronimo196727 Dec, 2022