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   The Blue Lamp (UK) 1950   
   07 Jan 24 14:53:43   
   
   From: wlah...@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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