The Blue Lamp
Sheds just enough light for MURDER
84 mins
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.
John Adams
PC at Darts Match (Uncredited)
Arnold Bell
Hospital Doctor (Uncredited)
Alma Cogan
Girl (Uncredited)
Michael Corcoran
Detective (Uncredited)
Rowland Douglas
Cinema Doorman (Uncredited)
Michael Golden
Mike Randall (Uncredited)
Eric Henderson
Police Constable (Uncredited)
Charles Houston
Man in ID Parade (Uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Driver in Crashed Car Sequence (Uncredited)
Duncan Lewis
Mr Williams (Uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Man Being Fingerprinted (Uncredited)
Glen Michael
Larry (Uncredited)
Richard Neller
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Paul Phillips
Man in Street (Uncredited)
Sidney Pointer
Supt. Harwood (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)
Gwynne Whitby
Police Sgt Grace Millard (Uncredited)
Billy Wilmot
Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Doris Yorke
Cinema Cashier (Uncredited)
Gene Neighbors
Queenie (uncredited)
T. E. B. Clarke
Screenplay
Gordon Dines
Director of Photography
Jan Read
Writer
Ted Willis
Writer
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design
Chic Waterson
Camera Operator
Ernest Irving
Music Director
Ernest Taylor
Makeup Artist
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Peter Tanner
Editor
Harry Kratz
Assistant Director
Arthur Bradburn
Sound Recordist
Lionel Banes
Additional Director of Photography