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The Blue Lamp
Sheds just enough light for MURDER
Genres
CrimeThrillerAction
Overview
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
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
84 min
Release Date
1950-01-19
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
57
Vote Average
6.605
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
Gladys Henson
Mrs Em Dixon
Tessie O'Shea
Herself - Singer
John Adams
PC at Darts Match (Uncredited)
Muriel Aked
Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)
Arnold Bell
Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)
Alma Cogan
Girl (Uncredited)
Michael Corcoran
Detective (Uncredited)
Betty Ann Davies
Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)
Rowland Douglas
Cinema Doorman (Uncredited)
Renee Gadd
Woman Driver (Uncredited)
Michael Golden
Mike Randall (Uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Drunk (Uncredited)
Melvyn Hayes
Blond Urchin (Uncredited)
Eric Henderson
Police Constable (Uncredited)
Charles Houston
Man in ID Parade (Uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Barrow Boy (Uncredited)
Jennifer Jayne
June (Uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Driver in Crashed Car Sequence (Uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Bookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited)
Duncan Lewis
Mr Williams (Uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Man Being Fingerprinted (Uncredited)
Jack May
Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
William Mervyn
Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)
Glen Michael
Larry (Uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
PC at Darts Game (Uncredited)
Richard Neller
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Rosemary Nicols
Urchin (Uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Paul Phillips
Man in Street (Uncredited)
Sidney Pointer
Supt. Harwood (Uncredited)
John Salew
Officious Man (Uncredited)
Arthur Sandifer
Man in Street (Uncredited)
Stuart Saunders
White City Security Officer (Uncredited)
Charles Saynor
PC Wal Tovey (Uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Norman Shelley
F.P. Jordan (Uncredited)
Campbell Singer
Station Sergeant (Uncredited)
Anthony Steel
Police Constable (Uncredited)
Gwynne Whitby
Police Sgt Grace Millard (Uncredited)
Billy Wilmot
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Doris Yorke
Cinema Cashier (Uncredited)
Arthur Rigby
Policeman at Station(uncredited)
Gene Neighbors
Queenie (uncredited)
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