The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Cliff Owen

Writers:

Ray Galton (written by) &
Alan Simpson (written by) ...

Release Date:

10 June 1963 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Robbery | Policeman | London England | Fashion Salon

Cast

Peter Sellers	...	Pearly Gates
Lionel Jeffries	...	Insp. Parker
Bernard Cribbins	...	Nervous O'Toole
Davy Kaye	...	Trainer King
Nanette Newman	...	Valerie
Bill Kerr	...	Jack Coombes
Ed Devereaux	...	Bluey May
Reg Lye	...	Reg Denton
John Le Mesurier	...	Assistant Commissioner
Graham Stark	...	Sid Cooper
Martin Boddey	...	Supt. Forest
Irene Browne	...	Dowager
Arthur Mullard	...	Brassknuckles
Dermot Kelly	...	Misery Martin
Vanda Godsell	...	Annette

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Battersea Fun Fair, Battersea Park, Battersea, London, England, UK

Company:

Robert Velaise Productions

Trivia:

The part of Siggy Schmoltz, played by Tutte Lemkow, is voiced by Peter Sellers.

Movie Connections:

References The League of Gentlemen (1960)

Charming, timeless and reassuring

The Wrong Arm of the Law:A charming evocation of a kind of reassuring never-neverland, populated by loveable rogues and dimwitted but honest cops. Of course the crime underworld was never like this, but when the horrors of the modern world seem to crowd in on me, this is just the kind of amusing escapist whimsy I love to take solace in.