Patric Doonan

The honeymoon period for a newlywed couple comes to an abrupt end when they're forced to move into a small, overcrowded house with the wife’s family.

From filmmakers John and Roy Boulting comes this suspenseful tale of Royal Navy sailors risking their lives in a dangerous mission to engineer a top-secret torpedo.

An immensely popular British crime film, Basil Dearden's The Blue Lamp was scripted by ex-policeman T. E. B. Clarke, the writer who arguably did most to define Ealing Studio's post-war identity. The film marked the first appearance of the character of Jack Warner - later to be immortalised in Dixon of Dock Green.