The Blue Lamp
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A pair of young crooks, carry out a robbery which ends in the murder of a P.C. They are traced, tracked and finally captured by the police and the C.I.D.
Cast & credits
Cast
- P.C George Dixon Jack Warner
- P.C. Andy Mitchell Jimmy Hanley
- Tom Riley Dirk Bogarde
- Sergeant Roberts Robert Flemyng
- Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry Bernard Lee
- Diana Lewis Peggy Evans
- Spud Patric Doonan
- P.C. Jock Campbell Bruce Seton
- P.C. Taff Hughes Meredith Edwards
- Sergeant Brooks Clive Morton
- Alf Lewis Frederick Piper
- Maisie Dora Bryan
- Mrs Dixon Gladys Henson
- herself Tessie O'shea
- [Chief Inspector Hammond] William Mervyn
- [P.C. Tovey] Charles Saynor
- [station sergeant] Campbell Singer
- [Sergeant Grace Millard] Gwynne Whitby
- [P.C. Lock] Anthony Steel
- [Superintendent Harwood] Sidney Pointer
- [Mike Randall] Michael Golden
- [Frederick Percival Jordan] Norman Shelley
- [Queenie] Gene Neighbors
- [Mrs Lewis] Betty Ann Davies
- [Larry] Glen Buckland
- [June] Jennifer Jayne
- [cashier at cinema] Doris Yorke
- [woman driver] Renee Gadd
- [Grant] Geoffrey Lumsden
- [solicitor] Arnold Bell
- [Mrs Waterbourne] Muriel Aked
- [the drunk] Cameron Hall
- [barrow boy] Glyn Houston
- [cinema doorman] Rowland Douglas
- [extra] Alma Cogan
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Basil Dearden
- [2nd Unit Director] Alexander Mackendrick
- Assistant Director Harry Kratz
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] John Meadows
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] John Assig
- [Assistant Director (2nd Unit)] Norman Priggen
- Continuity Jean Graham
- [Assistant Continuity] Susan Carbutt
- [Continuity (2nd Unit)] Phyllis Crocker
Production
- © Ealing Studios
- Production Company Ealing Studios
- Presents The Rank Organisation
- Released through General Film Distributors
- Produced by Michael Balcon
- Associate Producer Michael Relph
- Unit Production Manager L.C. Rudkin
- [Production Manager (2nd Unit)] Ralph D. Hogg
- Production Supervisor Hal Mason
- Made at Ealing Studios
Scriptwriter
- Screenplay by T.E.B. Clarke
- Original Treatment by Jan Read
- Original Treatment by Ted Willis
- Additional Dialogue by Alexander Mackendrick
Photography
- Director of Photography Gordon Dines
- 2nd Unit Photographer Lionel Banes
- Camera Operator Chic Waterson
- [Camera Operator (2nd Unit)] Jeff Seaholme
- [Focus Puller] Herbert Smith
- [Focus Puller (2nd Unit)] Hugh Wilson
- [Clapper Loader] Ken Westbury
Stills
- [Stills] Bob Penn
Editing
- Editor Peter Tanner
- [Assistant Editor] Gordon Stone
- [Assistant Editor (2nd)] Roy Baker
Design
- Art Director Jim Morahan
- [Assistant Art Director] Len Wills
- [Set Dresser] Andrew Low
Costumes
- Costume Designer Anthony Mendleson
- [Wardrobe Master] Ernest Farrar
- [Wardrobe Mistress] Lily Payne
- [Wardrobe Assistant] Ron Beck
Makeup
- Make-up Ernest Taylor
- Make-up Harry Frampton
- [Assistant Make-up] Harry Wilton
- [Hairdresser] Daphne Martin
Music
- Music Director Ernest Irving
Sound
- Sound Supervisor Stephen Dalby
- Recorder Arthur Bradburn
- [Boom Operator] Cyril Swern
- Logo [Sound System] RCA Sound System
Unknown
- Sound System RCA Sound System
- Sound System Gaumont British - Kalee