About this movie
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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time travel
paedophilia
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Questions about The Black and Blue Lamp
How long is The Black and Blue Lamp?
The Black and Blue Lamp has a runtime of 59m ( and 59 minutes).
Who directed The Black and Blue Lamp?
The Black and Blue Lamp was directed by Guy Slater and released in 1988.
What genre is The Black and Blue Lamp?
The Black and Blue Lamp is a Drama, Comedy, TV Movie film (1988).
Who stars in The Black and Blue Lamp?
The cast of The Black and Blue Lamp includes Kenneth Cranham, Karl Johnson, Sean Chapman, John Woodvine, Ralph Brown.
