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The Blue Lamp (UK) 1950
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Jan 7, 2024, 5:53:45 PMJan 7
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Hey,
This was made in one of my favorite eras in Brit filmmaking: The calm before the storm of angry young men and kitchen sink films. Because it's in black and white, it's a crime film, and every man wears a fedora, there are knuckleheads out there who swear it's a “film noir.” This film is about as “noir” as a Victorian Christmas card. This is a reassuring, somewhat sentimental, pro-police procedural.
For what it is, it's really well done in that on-location British way. The story is about the relationship between a recently added young policeman and an older – who might retire – wise-to-the-world seasoned officer. The young policeman even moves in with the older policeman and his wife. And then things change.
Directed by Basil Deardon from a script by T E B Clarke and starring Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, and Dirk Bogarde, among others.
This was made in one of my favorite eras in Brit filmmaking: The calm before the storm of angry young men and kitchen sink films. Because it's in black and white, it's a crime film, and every man wears a fedora, there are knuckleheads out there who swear it's a “film noir.” This film is about as “noir” as a Victorian Christmas card. This is a reassuring, somewhat sentimental, pro-police procedural.
For what it is, it's really well done in that on-location British way. The story is about the relationship between a recently added young policeman and an older – who might retire – wise-to-the-world seasoned officer. The young policeman even moves in with the older policeman and his wife. And then things change.
Directed by Basil Deardon from a script by T E B Clarke and starring Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, and Dirk Bogarde, among others.
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