The Blue Lamp
First aired on Jan 19, 1950
70%
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Action
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
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
Featured Crew
Basil Dearden | Director
T. E. B. Clarke | Screenplay
Michael Balcon | Producer
Gordon Dines | Director of Photography
Jan Read | Writer
Ted Willis | Writer
