Facing El Chapo
2026 · Crime · Action
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Film / 1950
The Blue Lamp
Directed by
Basil Dearden
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Jack WarnerPC George Dixon
Jimmy HanleyPC Andy Mitchell
Dirk BogardeTom Riley
Robert FlemyngPolice Sgt. Roberts
Bernard LeeDivisional Detective Inspector Cherry
Peggy EvansDiana Lewis
Patric DoonanSpud
Bruce SetonPC 'Jock' Campbell
Meredith EdwardsPC 'Taff' Hughes
Clive MortonPolice Sgt. Brooks
Frederick PiperAlf Lewis
Dora BryanMaisie
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Gladys HensonMrs Em Dixon
Tessie O'SheaHerself - Singer
John AdamsPC at Darts Match (Uncredited)
Muriel AkedMrs Beryl Waterbourne (Uncredited)
Arnold BellHospital Doctor (Uncredited)
Alma CoganGirl (Uncredited)
Michael CorcoranDetective (Uncredited)
Betty Ann DaviesMary Bertha Lewis (Uncredited)
Rowland DouglasCinema Doorman (Uncredited)
Renee GaddWoman Driver (Uncredited)
Michael GoldenMike Randall (Uncredited)
Cameron HallDrunk (Uncredited)
Melvyn HayesBlond Urchin (Uncredited)
Eric HendersonPolice Constable (Uncredited)
Charles HoustonMan in ID Parade (Uncredited)
Glyn HoustonBarrow Boy (Uncredited)
Jennifer JayneJune (Uncredited)
Gerry JudgeDriver in Crashed Car Sequence (Uncredited)
Sam KyddBookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited)
Duncan LewisMr Williams (Uncredited)
Arthur LovegroveMan Being Fingerprinted (Uncredited)
Jack MayOld Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
William MervynChief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)
Glen MichaelLarry (Uncredited)
Arthur MullardPC at Darts Game (Uncredited)
Richard NellerMan in Crowd (Uncredited)
Rosemary NicolsUrchin (Uncredited)
Joe PhelpsMan in Crowd (Uncredited)
Paul PhillipsMan in Street (Uncredited)
Sidney PointerSupt. Harwood (Uncredited)
John SalewOfficious Man (Uncredited)
Arthur SandiferMan in Street (Uncredited)
Stuart SaundersWhite City Security Officer (Uncredited)
Charles SaynorPC Wal Tovey (Uncredited)
Jack SharpMan in Crowd (Uncredited)
Norman ShelleyF.P. Jordan (Uncredited)
Campbell SingerStation Sergeant (Uncredited)
Anthony SteelPolice Constable (Uncredited)
Gwynne WhitbyPolice Sgt Grace Millard (Uncredited)
Billy WilmotMan in Crowd (Uncredited)
Doris YorkeCinema Cashier (Uncredited)
Arthur RigbyPoliceman at Station(uncredited)
Gene NeighborsQueenie (uncredited)
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