The Wrong Arm of the Law
Meet the Mastermind Who Pulls the Strings in the Underworld...and all his mobs and dolls...filling the London fog with laughter and lunacy!!!
1963 · 1h 34m · Unrated
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Cliff Owen
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The Wrong Arm of the Law
Overview
The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upsets the natural order of the police/criminal relationship and the police and the crooks join forces to catch the IPOs (Impersonating Police Officers), including an armoured car robbery in which the police must help the gangs to set a trap.
Director and cast
- Cliff Owen Director
- Peter Sellers as Pearly Gates
- Lionel Jeffries as Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker
- Bernard Cribbins as Nervous O'Toole
- Nanette Newman as Valerie
- Davy Kaye as Trainer King
- Bill Kerr as Jack Coombes
- Ed Devereaux as Bluey May
- Reg Lye as Reg Denton
- John Le Mesurier as Assistant Commissioner
- Graham Stark as Sid Cooper
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