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The Blue Lamp

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

6.6(64)19501h 24m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • film noir
  • policeman
  • british noir

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Jun 1950
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical19 Jan 1950
    • PhysicalPGVHS28 Jul 1989
    • PhysicalPGDVD21 Aug 2006
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical24 Nov 1950
  • BrazilBR

    • PhysicalIMDB12 Dec 2016

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The Blue Lamp was released on 19 January 1950.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    2/8/2014

    7.5/10

    Mustn't Grumble. The Blue Lamp is directed by Basil Dearden and written by T.E.B. Clarke. It stars Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng and Peggy Evans. Music is by Ernest Irving and cinematography by Gordon Dines. Andy Mitchell is a new recruit to the London police force, old hand George Dixon takes him under his wing and shows him the ropes. When Dixon is gunned down by a hot headed crook, …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    12/27/2022

    7/10

    I think a lot of what makes this film resonate, even now 50-odd years later - is the stark fact that back then, the murder of a police officer was still pretty rare and was a crime guaranteed to galvanise both the police and the criminal fraternities alike against the culprit. That all helps to create an authentic scenario in which Dirk Bogarde is super as a petty thief who gets caught up in events that quickly run o…

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