film "The Blue Lamp"

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"The Blue Lamp" is a 1950 British crime drama film, noted for its portrayal of London police work and for introducing the character PC George Dixon, who later became the focus of the long-running TV series "Dixon of Dock Green."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
award BAFTA nomination for Best British Film
basedOn original screenplay
character Diana Lewis NERFINISHED
PC Andy Mitchell NERFINISHED
PC George Dixon NERFINISHED
Tom Riley NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Gordon Dines NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Basil Dearden NERFINISHED
distributor General Film Distributors NERFINISHED
Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
editedBy Charles Hasse NERFINISHED
featuresTheme juvenile delinquency
law and order
police procedural
genre crime film
drama film
hasColorProcess black and white
hasTVSpinOff Dixon of Dock Green NERFINISHED
influenced Dixon of Dock Green NERFINISHED
introducesCharacter PC George Dixon NERFINISHED
medium black-and-white film
metacriticCategory classic British crime film
musicBy Ernest Irving NERFINISHED
notableFor portrayal of London police work
originalLanguage English
portrays London Metropolitan Police NERFINISHED
post-war London
producer Michael Balcon NERFINISHED
productionCompany Ealing Studios NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1950-01-20
releaseYear 1950
runtimeMinutes 84
screenplayBy T. E. B. Clarke NERFINISHED
screenwriter T. E. B. Clarke NERFINISHED
setInLocation London NERFINISHED
stars Bernard Lee NERFINISHED
Bruce Seton NERFINISHED
Dirk Bogarde NERFINISHED
Jack Warner NERFINISHED
Jimmy Hanley NERFINISHED
Peggy Evans NERFINISHED
Robert Flemyng NERFINISHED
title The Blue Lamp NERFINISHED

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Dixon of Dock Green precededBy film "The Blue Lamp"
Sir Michael Balcon notableWork film "The Blue Lamp"
subject surface form: Michael Balcon
this entity surface form: The Blue Lamp
Glyn Houston notableWork film "The Blue Lamp"
this entity surface form: The Blue Lamp
Gordon Dines notableWork film "The Blue Lamp"
this entity surface form: The Blue Lamp