The Wrong Arm of the Law
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67% Critic Match

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!!!

6.7 / 10 1963 1h 34mNR English
CrimeComedy

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Pearly Gates

Lead
Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker

Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins

Nervous O'Toole

Nanette Newman

Nanette Newman

Valerie

Davy Kaye

Davy Kaye

Trainer King

Bill Kerr

Bill Kerr

Jack Coombes

Ed Devereaux

Ed Devereaux

Bluey May

Reg Lye

Reg Lye

Reg Denton

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Cliff Owen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Wrong Arm of the Law is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker