The Blue Lamp

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

Duration: 84 min
Release date: 1950-01-19
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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.

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Jack Warner
Jack Warner
as PC George Dixon
Jimmy Hanley
Jimmy Hanley
as PC Andy Mitchell
Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
as Tom Riley
Robert Flemyng
Robert Flemyng
as Police Sgt. Roberts
Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee
as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
Peggy Evans
Peggy Evans
as Diana Lewis
Patric Doonan
Patric Doonan
as Spud
Bruce Seton
Bruce Seton
as PC 'Jock' Campbell
Meredith Edwards
Meredith Edwards
as PC 'Taff' Hughes
Clive Morton
Clive Morton
as Police Sgt. Brooks
Frederick Piper
Frederick Piper
as Alf Lewis
Dora Bryan
Dora Bryan
as Maisie
Gladys Henson
Gladys Henson
as Mrs Em Dixon
Tessie O'Shea
Tessie O'Shea
as Herself - Singer
John Adams
John Adams
as PC at Darts Match (Uncredited)
Muriel Aked
Muriel Aked
as Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)
Arnold Bell
Arnold Bell
as Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)
Alma Cogan
Alma Cogan
as Girl (Uncredited)
Michael Corcoran
Michael Corcoran
as Detective (Uncredited)
Betty Ann Davies
Betty Ann Davies
as Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)
Rowland Douglas
Rowland Douglas
as Cinema Doorman (Uncredited)
Renee Gadd
Renee Gadd
as Woman Driver (Uncredited)
Michael Golden
Michael Golden
as Mike Randall (Uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Cameron Hall
as Drunk (Uncredited)
Melvyn Hayes
Melvyn Hayes
as Blond Urchin (Uncredited)
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
as Police Constable (Uncredited)
Charles Houston
Charles Houston
as Man in ID Parade (Uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Glyn Houston
as Barrow Boy (Uncredited)
Jennifer Jayne
Jennifer Jayne
as June (Uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Gerry Judge
as Driver in Crashed Car Sequence (Uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd
as Bookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited)
Duncan Lewis
Duncan Lewis
as Mr Williams (Uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Arthur Lovegrove
as Man Being Fingerprinted (Uncredited)
Jack May
Jack May
as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
William Mervyn
William Mervyn
as Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)
Glen Michael
Glen Michael
as Larry (Uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
Arthur Mullard
as PC at Darts Game (Uncredited)
Richard Neller
Richard Neller
as Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Rosemary Nicols
Rosemary Nicols
as Urchin (Uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Joe Phelps
as Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Paul Phillips
Paul Phillips
as Man in Street (Uncredited)
Sidney Pointer
Sidney Pointer
as Supt. Harwood (Uncredited)
John Salew
John Salew
as Officious Man (Uncredited)
Arthur Sandifer
Arthur Sandifer
as Man in Street (Uncredited)
Stuart Saunders
Stuart Saunders
as White City Security Officer (Uncredited)
Charles Saynor
Charles Saynor
as PC Wal Tovey (Uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Jack Sharp
as Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Norman Shelley
as F.P. Jordan (Uncredited)
Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer
as Station Sergeant (Uncredited)
Anthony Steel
Anthony Steel
as Police Constable (Uncredited)
Gwynne Whitby
Gwynne Whitby
as Police Sgt Grace Millard (Uncredited)
Billy Wilmot
Billy Wilmot
as Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Doris Yorke
Doris Yorke
as Cinema Cashier (Uncredited)
Arthur Rigby
Arthur Rigby
as Policeman at Station(uncredited)
Gene Neighbors
Gene Neighbors
as Queenie (uncredited)
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