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The Black and Blue Lamp (1988)

Genre : Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Runtime : 0M

Director : Guy Slater

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham
Karl Johnson
Karl Johnson
Sean Chapman
Sean Chapman
John Woodvine
John Woodvine
Ralph Brown
Ralph Brown
Ian Brimble
Ian Brimble
Nick Stringer
Nick Stringer
Peter Lovstrom
Peter Lovstrom
Barry Woolgar
Barry Woolgar
Anthony Smee
Anthony Smee
Paddy Ryan
Paddy Ryan
Jonathan Chater
Jonathan Chater

Crews

Guy Slater
Guy Slater
Director
Arthur Ellis
Arthur Ellis
Writer
Brenda Reid
Brenda Reid
Producer

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