The Blue Lamp The Blue Lamp The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as veteran PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as hardened criminal Tom Riley. The title refers to the blue lamps that traditionally hung outside British police stations (and often still do). The film became the inspiration for the 1955–1976 TV series "Dixon of Dock Green", where Jack Warner continued to play PC Dixon until he was 80 years old (even though Dixon's murder is the central plot of the original film). The screenplay was written
George Dixon (rugby league) George Dixon (rugby league) George Samual Dixon (birth unknown – birth unknown), also known by the nickname of "Jumbo" , was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at club level for Broughton Rangers, Wigan and Keighley, as a , i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums. George Dixon played left-, i.e. number 11, in Keighley's 5-18 defeat by Widnes in the 1937 Challenge Cup Final during the 1936-37 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 8 May 1937, in front of a crowd of 47,699. George Dixon