"Sheds just enough light for MURDER"
The Blue Lamp
Movie1950•1sa 24dk•star6.6(64)•trending_up2
CrimeThrillerAction
Director:Basil Dearden
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.
Details
StatusReleased
Release DateJanuary 19, 1950
Release Dates
Australia:
Theatrical - Nov 24, 1950
Brazil:
Physical - Dec 12, 2016
United Kingdom:
Theatrical - Jan 19, 1950
Physical - Aug 21, 2006 (PG)
Physical - Jul 28, 1989 (PG)
United States:
Theatrical - Jun 1, 1950
Runtime1sa 24dk
000Origin CountryUnited Kingdom
Original LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish
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Cast
Featured 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
Frederick Piper
Alf Lewis
Dora Bryan
Maisie
