The Blue Lamp (1950)

Directors

Basil Dearden

Cast

Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Bernard Lee, Peggy Evans, Frederick Piper, Patric Doonan, Meredith Edwards, Bruce Seton, Clive Morton, Dora Bryan, Gladys Henson, Tessie O'Shea, Betty Ann Davies

The story

In the Paddington area of west London in July 1949, PC George Dixon, a long-serving traditional policeman who is due to retire shortly, supervises new recruit Andy Mitchell, introducing him to the night beat. Dixon is unprepared when he is called to the scene of a robbery at a local cinema, where he comes face-to-face with Tom Riley, a desperate youth armed with a revolver. Dixon tries to convince Riley to surrender the weapon, but Riley panics and fires.

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