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The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp (1950)

Sheds just enough light for MURDER

Radar 32Slightly unusualGB:PG1h 24mCrime · Thriller · Action

The Radar read

A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

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.

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Content check

✓ Kid-friendlyFine for kids with parental guidance · GB PG

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Radar score32/100
Quality signal64/100
Audience rating6.6
Votes counted63
Trust signalSlightly unusual

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