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The Blue Lamp

1950 · 84 min

A grounded, quietly tense police drama that feels like a slice of post-war London life, with a noirish edge.

Tagline
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.

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  • Channel 4 Plus
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • justice
  • guilt
  • class
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller, action
Directed by
Basil Dearden
Written by
Jan Read, Ted Willis, T. E. B. Clarke
Starring
Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Bernard Lee, Peggy Evans, Patric Doonan, Bruce Seton
Cinematography
Gordon Dines
Runtime
84 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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