The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)

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	...	Inspector 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	...	Superintendent 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.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first bank robbery, the robbers drive away from the bank, but in the next shot they are seen approaching the bank again from the opposite direction as the IPO mob divert them down a side street where they are lined up against a wall directly opposite the bank.

Quotes:

Jack Coombes: They shipped enough crooks out to Australia. It's about time they had a few back here!

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.