The Blue Lamp is a British crime film released in early 1950 by Ealing Studios. Directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley and an early and defining role for Dirk Bogarde. It was the progenitor of the long-running television series Dixon of Dock Green. 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ealing Studios, a TV and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world. ... Jack Warner Jack Warner (August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978), born John Leonard Eichelbaum in London, Ontario, Canada, was the president and driving force behind the highly successful development of Warner Brothers Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. ... Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (March 28, 1921 - May 8, 1999), better known by his stage name Dirk Bogarde, was an actor and author. ... Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976. ...

The title of the film refers to the blue lamp which traditionally hung outside British police stations. A typical suburban police station in the United States (this one is in San Bruno, California). ...

The story, written by veteran T.E.B. Clarke (an ex-policeman), is on the cusp of the change to the "social realism" films that would emerge in that decade, but still holds close to a simple moral structure. The police are the honest guardians of a decent society, controlling the disorganized crime of a few unruly youths.

The action takes place in the area of London known as Paddington Green, and is set just a few years after the end of World War Two. Police Constable George Dixon (Warner) a long-serving "copper" who is due to retire shortly, takes a new recruit, Andy Mitchell (Hanley), under his aegis, introducing him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic Ealing 'ordinary' hero. but also achronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of Tom Riley (Bogarde). Called to the scene of a robbery at a theatre, Dixon finds himself face-to-face with Riley, a desperate youth armed with a gun. Dixon initially tries to talk Riley into surrendering the weapon, but Riley panics and fires. Dixon walks to his own death almost uncomprehending. St. ... Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ... Look up Gun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A gun is a mechanical device that fires projectiles at high velocity, using a propellant such as gun powder or compressed air. ...

Dixon is taken to hospital, but dies some hours later. The ending is another Ealing quirk, with ordinary decent society, including 'professional' criminals used to violence, banding together to track down and catch the murderer, who is trapped in the crowd at a greyhound track. To Andy Mitchell falls the honor of arresting Riley. A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Country of origin uncertain; possibly England or Egypt Classification and breed standards The Greyhound is a breed of dog used for hunting and racing. ...

Several of the characters and actors were carried over into the series Dixon of Dock Green. Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976. ...