The Blue Lamp

~Sheds just enough light for MURDER

Overview

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1950-01-19
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Runtime: 84 min

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