Movie · 1950
The Blue Lamp
Released 19 January 1950 More from 1950 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
John Salew
as Officious Man (Uncredited)
Clive Morton
as Police Sgt. Brooks
Bruce Seton
as PC 'Jock' Campbell
Robert Flemyng
as Police Sgt. Roberts
William Mervyn
as Chief Inspector Hammond (Uncredited)
Dirk Bogarde
as Tom Riley
Jack May
as Old Man in Crowd (Uncredited)
Dora Bryan
as Maisie
Melvyn Hayes
as Blond Urchin (Uncredited)
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The numbers
33years between the oldest and youngest billed
48John Salew — oldest on the call sheet
15Melvyn Hayes — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast