Sheds just enough light for MURDER
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.
- 6.6
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 24m
Jack Warner
PC George Dixon
Jimmy Hanley
PC Andy Mitchell
Dirk Bogarde
Tom Riley
Robert Flemyng
Police Sgt. Roberts
Bernard Lee
Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
Peggy Evans
Diana Lewis
Patric Doonan
Spud
Bruce Seton
PC 'Jock' Campbell
Meredith Edwards
PC 'Taff' Hughes
Clive Morton
Police Sgt. Brooks
Frederick Piper
Alf Lewis
Dora Bryan
Maisie
Gladys Henson
Mrs Em Dixon
Tessie O'Shea
Herself - Singer
John Adams
PC at Darts Match (Uncredited)
Muriel Aked
Mrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)Arnold Bell
Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)Alma Cogan
Girl (Uncredited)Michael Corcoran
Detective (Uncredited)
Betty Ann Davies
Mary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)Rowland Douglas
Cinema Doorman (Uncredited)
Renee Gadd
Woman Driver (Uncredited)Michael Golden
Mike Randall (Uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Drunk (Uncredited)
Melvyn Hayes
Blond Urchin (Uncredited)Eric Henderson
Police Constable (Uncredited)Charles Houston
Man in ID Parade (Uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Barrow Boy (Uncredited)
Jennifer Jayne
June (Uncredited)Gerry Judge
Driver in Crashed Car Sequence (Uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Bookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited)Duncan Lewis
Mr Williams (Uncredited)Arthur Lovegrove
Man Being Fingerprinted (Uncredited)
Jack May
Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
William Mervyn
Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)Glen Michael
Larry (Uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
PC at Darts Game (Uncredited)Richard Neller
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Rosemary Nicols
Urchin (Uncredited)Joe Phelps
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)Paul Phillips
Man in Street (Uncredited)Sidney Pointer
Supt. Harwood (Uncredited)
John Salew
Officious Man (Uncredited)Arthur Sandifer
Man in Street (Uncredited)Stuart Saunders
White City Security Officer (Uncredited)Charles Saynor
PC Wal Tovey (Uncredited)Jack Sharp
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Norman Shelley
F.P. Jordan (Uncredited)
Campbell Singer
Station Sergeant (Uncredited)
Anthony Steel
Police Constable (Uncredited)Gwynne Whitby
Police Sgt Grace Millard (Uncredited)Billy Wilmot
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)Doris Yorke
Cinema Cashier (Uncredited)
Arthur Rigby
Policeman at Station(uncredited)Gene Neighbors
Queenie (uncredited)
Released
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- #policeman
- #british noir
Reviews
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 event
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