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Blue Lamp/The Nanny, The
Blue Lamp/The Nanny, The
Summary: A double bill of two British crime thrillers.<BR>THE BLUE LAMP: In a chilling role, Dirk Bogarde plays a young criminal who kills a policeman on the brink of retirement (Jack Warner in the role of Inspector Dixon) after a bungled robbery. After another botched robbery and another murder, a huge manhunt leads to a showdown in a greyhound stadium.<BR>THE NANNY: Joey is a troubled boy accused of drowning his little sister in a bathtub and institutionalised, though he claims the family's old, trusted Nanny is the killer. When his return is followed by the deaths of his aunt and mother, Joey is again a prime suspect. Based on Evelyn Piper's novel, THE NANNY is a stylish whiteknuckler with Bette Davis' menace at its peak.
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This is a double-feature of two British crime classics, The Blue Lamp(1949) and The Nanny(1965). The Blue Lampis the film that introduced PC George Dixon, played by Jack Warner, later immortalised in the BBC's long-running Dixon of Dock Green(1955-76). Here Dixon's murder is the catalyst for an exciting London manhunt, shot largely on location in a fast-moving, starkly efficient style showing the influence of The Naked City(1948). The war-damaged East End and the car chases through almost vehicle-free streets offer a documentary-like vision of a London now long gone, and a young Dirk Bogarde makes a serious impact in an early starring role.
In contrast, The Nannyhas a superstar, the imported Hollywood legend Bette Davis, in the declining years of her career. Just one of three psychological thrillers Hammer produced in 1965 (the others were Franticand Hysteria), the film capitalises on the popularity of Davis's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962) with a comparable mix of hateful insanity and paranoia. The screenplay skilfully juggles the audience's sympathies between a superb Davis and the dysfunctional family of which she becomes a part, developing a powerful sense of dread which shows such clichéd later fare as The Hand That Rocks the Cradle(1992) how to do this sort of thing with real class.
On the DVD:The Blue Lampand The Nannyare presented in black and white with adequate mono sound. The Blue Lampis in its original 4:3 ratio; The Nannyis cropped from its theatrical 1.85:1 to 4:3, though it's only in a few shots that it becomes obvious that information is missing at the sides of the screen. The print of The Blue Lampis soft and grainy, while The Nannyis grainy with a considerable amount of flicker. There are no extras. --Gary S. Dalkin
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