1950
6.6 (55 votes)
1h 24m
Genres
Crime
Thriller
Action
Production Companies
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios
The Blue Lamp
Sheds just enough light for MURDER
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Basil Dearden
Screenplay: T. E. B. Clarke
Producer: Michael Balcon
Director of Photography: Gordon Dines
Writer: Jan Read, Ted Willis
