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The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp (1950)

Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama, Mystery | UK

Director: Basil Dearden

Film4 | Friday, 19 January 2024 | 17:10

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Monday, 28 August 2023 19:00

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Streaming

08/12/2022

Rating: 6.9/10

User rating: 10/10
(3 votes)

SYNOPSIS

We follow the daily activities of two London bobbies, veteran George Dixon and rookie Andy Mitchell. Meanwhile, young hoods Tom and Spud plan a series of robberies with Tom's girl Diana, a discontented beauty, as inside worker. But in their second crime, one of our heroes is shot, setting off a citywide manhunt. The killer is clever, but will he outsmart himself?

Actors

Writer: T.E.B. Clarke, Jan Read

RUNTIME: 84 min

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