The Blue Lamp

1950 · directed by Basil Dearden

Rating
73/100
Hit
no

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.

The Blue Lamp (1950), directed by Basil Dearden, rates 73/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Jack Warner
  • Jimmy Hanley
  • Dirk Bogarde
  • Robert Flemyng
  • Bernard Lee
  • Peggy Evans
  • Patric Doonan
  • Bruce Seton
  • Meredith Edwards
  • Clive Morton

Crew

  • Gordon Dines — Director of Photography
  • Peter Tanner — Editor
  • T. E. B. Clarke — Screenplay
  • Jan Read — Writer
  • Ted Willis — Writer

More from Basil Dearden

  1. Victim (1961) — 83/100 · hit
  2. Dead of Night (1945) — 82/100 · hit
  3. Khartoum (1966) — 80/100 · hit
  4. The League of Gentlemen (1960) — 76/100
  5. Sapphire (1959) — 71/100
  6. The Assassination Bureau (1969) — 67/100

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