The Blue Lamp - DVD

Taut British crime drama focuses on London police constables George Dixon (Jack Warner) and Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley), with the seasoned, streetwise Dixon taking the green Mitchell under his wing. When Dixon is gunned down during a confrontation with a low-level thug (Dirk Bogarde), the young rookie becomes part of the expansive manhunt dedicated to tracking the killer down and seeing that he's put behind bars. With Robert Flemyng, Bernard Lee, Peggy Evans. 85 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailers.

Otto Preminger directs this celebrated film noir based on Vera Caspary's novel and starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. Detective Mark McPherson (Andrews) investigates the apparent murder of the beautiful Laura (Tierney) and finds himself falling in love with the deceased woman. He is not the only one with affections for the mysterious Laura, however, and as McPherson attempts to wheedle out the truth behind the cover stories of her mentor, Waldo (Clifton Webb), her fiancé, Shelby (Vincent Price), and her housekeeper, Bessie (Dorothy Adams), another suspect shows up

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