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The Blue Lamp

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NR,1hr 24min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Release:
1949
Director:
Basil Dearden
Distributor:
Astor Pictures Corporation
Starring:
Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde  ...more
Synopsis: The Blue Lamp was an immensely popular British crime film (and the winner of the BFA Award), concentrating on interrelated episodes in the lives of several London policemen. Jack Warner heads the cast as George Dixon, a veteran "bobby" who is murdered by scuzzy small-time criminals Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan. Rookie cop Jimmy Hanley, who'd looked upon Warner as a father figure, is instrumental in bringing the crooks to justice. The semi-documentary style of The Blue Lamp could not help but have ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
Basil Dearden's The Blue Lamp was one of the more notably successful dramas to come from Ealing Studios, a production company much better known at the time for its comedies. One can see the antecedents that Dearden and screenwriter T.E.B. Clarke drew from for certain elements of their work -- the opening borrows from Alfred Hitchcock's intro to Blackmail, with a shot of a police car pulling away from ... Full Review
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Jack Warner
George Dixon
Jimmy Hanley
Andy Mitchell
Dirk Bogarde
Tom Riley
Patric Doonan
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