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The Blue Lamp (1950)

Film · 1950 · 84 min · Crime · Thriller · Action

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

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.

Directed by Basil Dearden

Starring Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Bernard Lee, Peggy Evans, Patric Doonan, Bruce Seton

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In cinemas1 June 1950
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First release anywhere19 January 1950

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