The Blue Lamp
The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police procedural film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as criminal Tom Riley.
Plot
The action mostly takes place in the Paddington area of west London and is set in July 1949, a few years after the end of the Second World War. PC George Dixon, a long-serving traditional "copper" who is due to retire shortly, supervises a new recruit, Andy Mitchell, introducing him to the night beat.
More details
| author | T. E. B. Clarke |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Basil Dearden |
| editor | Peter Tanner |
| genre | crime social thriller |
| keywords | alibi ealing end false alibi greyhound racing in the united kingdom greyhound track little girl murder weapon new recruit paddington pc police constable police headquarter revolver second world war white city white city greyhounds world war |
| musicBy | Ernest Irving |
| producer | Michael Balcon |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios |
| publisher | General Film Distributors |
| theme | police procedural |