The Blue Lamp
Basil Dearden1950-01-19
Sheds just enough light for MURDER
6.592
84 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Jack Warner | PC George Dixon | Unowned |
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Jimmy Hanley | PC Andy Mitchell | Unowned |
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Dirk Bogarde | Tom Riley | Unowned |
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Robert Flemyng | Police Sgt. Roberts | Unowned |
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Bernard Lee | Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry | Unowned |
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Peggy Evans | Diana Lewis | Unowned |
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Patric Doonan | Spud | Unowned |
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Bruce Seton | PC 'Jock' Campbell | Unowned |
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Meredith Edwards | PC 'Taff' Hughes | Unowned |
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Clive Morton | Police Sgt. Brooks | Unowned |
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Frederick Piper | Alf Lewis | Unowned |
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Dora Bryan | Maisie | Unowned |
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Gladys Henson | Mrs Em Dixon | Unowned |
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Tessie O'Shea | Herself - Singer | Unowned |
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John Adams | PC at Darts Match (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Muriel Aked | Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arnold Bell | Hospital Doctor (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Alma Cogan | Girl (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michael Corcoran | Detective (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Betty Ann Davies | Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Rowland Douglas | Cinema Doorman (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Renee Gadd | Woman Driver (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michael Golden | Mike Randall (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Cameron Hall | Drunk (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Melvyn Hayes | Blond Urchin (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Eric Henderson | Police Constable (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Houston | Man in ID Parade (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Glyn Houston | Barrow Boy (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jennifer Jayne | June (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gerry Judge | Driver in Crashed Car Sequence (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sam Kydd | Bookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Duncan Lewis | Mr Williams (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arthur Lovegrove | Man Being Fingerprinted (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jack May | Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Mervyn | Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Glen Michael | Larry (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arthur Mullard | PC at Darts Game (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Neller | Man in Crowd (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Rosemary Nicols | Urchin (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Joe Phelps | Man in Crowd (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Paul Phillips | Man in Street (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sidney Pointer | Supt. Harwood (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Salew | Officious Man (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arthur Sandifer | Man in Street (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Stuart Saunders | White City Security Officer (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Saynor | PC Wal Tovey (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jack Sharp | Man in Crowd (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Norman Shelley | F.P. Jordan (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Campbell Singer | Station Sergeant (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Anthony Steel | Police Constable (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gwynne Whitby | Police Sgt Grace Millard (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Billy Wilmot | Man in Crowd (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Doris Yorke | Cinema Cashier (Uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arthur Rigby | Policeman at Station(uncredited) | Unowned |
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Gene Neighbors | Queenie (uncredited) | Unowned |