The blue lamp [videorecording]
2006
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Classic British crime drama directed by Basil Dearden. After being called to the scene of an armed robbery, veteran PC George Dixon (Jack Warner) is shot and killed by young criminal Tom Riley (Dirk Bogarde) while new recruit Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley) can only look on in horror. With word soon getting out of the popular policeman's murder, some of the West London criminal fraternity join forces with Mitchell and his colleagues and set out on a hunt to find the killer.
Main title:
The blue lamp [videorecording] / director, Basil Dearden; producer, Michael Balcon; producer, Michael Relph; writer, T.E.B. Clarke.
Author:
Dearden, Basil, 1911-1971, directorIrving, Ernest, 1878-1953, musicWarner, Jack, 1895-1981, actorHanley, Jimmy, 1918-1970, actorBogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999, actor
Imprint:
Optimum Home Entertainment, 2006.
Collation:
1 videodisc (81 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
Made in 1949.Credits: music, Ernest Irving; cinematographer, Gordon Dines.DVDN.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Bernard Lee, Dora Bryan, Patric Doonan, Peggy Evans, Gladys Henson, Clive Morton, Tessie O'Shea, Frederick Piper, Bruce Seton, Norman Shelley, Campbell Singer.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Language:
English
BRN:
394042