The Blue Lamp

1950 film by Basil Dearden
Movie film Q3838075
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The Blue Lamp

Summary

The Blue Lamp is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Blue Lamp's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Blue Lamp's director is recorded as Basil Dearden[4].
  • The Blue Lamp's screenwriter is recorded as T. E. B. Clarke[5].
  • The Blue Lamp's composer is recorded as Ernest Irving[6].
  • The Blue Lamp's genre is recorded as crime film[7].
  • The Blue Lamp's cast member is recorded as Jack Warner[8].
  • The Blue Lamp's cast member is recorded as Dirk Bogarde[9].
  • The Blue Lamp's cast member is recorded as Robert Flemyng[10].
  • The Blue Lamp's producer is recorded as Michael Balcon[11].
  • The Blue Lamp's production company is recorded as Ealing Studios[12].
  • The Blue Lamp's director of photography is recorded as Gordon Dines[13].
  • The Blue Lamp's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0042265[14].
  • The Blue Lamp's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[15].
  • The Blue Lamp's color is recorded as black-and-white[16].
  • The Blue Lamp's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 574637[17].
  • The Blue Lamp's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[18].
  • The Blue Lamp's publication date is recorded as +1950-01-01T00:00:00Z[19].
  • The Blue Lamp's publication date is recorded as +1950-01-19T00:00:00Z[20].
  • The Blue Lamp's publication date is recorded as +1950-02-20T00:00:00Z[21].
  • The Blue Lamp's publication date is recorded as +1950-06-01T00:00:00Z[22].
  • The Blue Lamp's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026h87[23].
  • The Blue Lamp's distributed by is recorded as General Film Distributors[24].
  • The Blue Lamp's narrative location is recorded as London[25].
  • The Blue Lamp's PORT film ID is recorded as 172450[26].
  • The Blue Lamp's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/blue_lamp[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Blue Lamp's producer is recorded as Michael Balcon[11]. Its director is recorded as Basil Dearden[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as T. E. B. Clarke[5]. Cast members include Jack Warner[8], Dirk Bogarde[9], and Robert Flemyng[10].

Publication

Publication dates include +1950-01-01T00:00:00Z[19], +1950-01-19T00:00:00Z[20], +1950-02-20T00:00:00Z[21], and +1950-06-01T00:00:00Z[22]. The Blue Lamp's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[15]. Its genre is recorded as crime film[7].

Why It Matters

The Blue Lamp ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q18709181. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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