The Blue Lamp
The Blue Lamp
Movie
The Blue Lamp
Sheds just enough light for MURDER
6.6/10
1950
1h 24m
en
Crime
Thriller
Action

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.

Director

Basil Dearden

Writers

T. E. B. Clarke, Jan Read

Movie Information

Release Date

January 19, 1950

Runtime

1h 24m

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Vote Count

59

Production

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Ealing Studios