The Black and Blue Lamp

The Black and Blue Lamp

The Black and Blue Lamp

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The Black and Blue Lamp

1988

0h 59m

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Drama

Comedy

TV Movie

Overview

Satirical and surreal play by Arthur Ellis, dealing with the manner in which the British police force has been represented on TV for four decades. In 1949 Tom Riley is arrested for the murder of PC George Dixon. As he awaits interrogation at the station he is mysteriously transported into an episode of The Filth - a 1988 police series where the hard men rule, where he is told by the local CID that he'll be confessing to the murder or else his genitals are getting cut off ! This black comedy questions whether the police have changed or is it the way film and television present them.

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Cast & Crew

15 members

Acting

Kenneth Cranham

Supt. Cherry

Kenneth Cranham

Acting

Karl Johnson

PC "Taffy" Hughes

Karl Johnson

Acting

Sean Chapman

Tom Riley

Sean Chapman

Acting

John Woodvine

Supt. Hammond

John Woodvine

Acting

Ralph Brown

Insp. Drury

Ralph Brown

Acting

Nick Stringer

Sgt. Brooks

Nick Stringer

Acting

Ian Brimble

PC Totley

Ian Brimble

Acting

Peter Lovstrom

PC Sneed

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Barry Woolgar

Insp. Rogers

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Garrick Hagon

Police Surgeon

Garrick Hagon

Acting

Anthony Smee

Mr Bromley Junior

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Paddy Ryan

Mr Bromley Senior

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Acting

Jonathan Chater

Fat Boy

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Kathy Burke

Voiceover

Kathy Burke

Acting

Christopher Driscoll

Voiceover

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