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The Wrong Arm of the Law

19636.5 / 1094 min
Crime, Comedy

Overview

Meet the Mastermind Who Pulls the Strings in the Underworld...and all his mobs and dolls...filling the London fog with laughter and lunacy!!!

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

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Pearly Gates

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

John Le Mesurier

John Le Mesurier

Assistant Commissioner

Graham Stark

Graham Stark

Sid Cooper

Martin Boddey

Martin Boddey

Superintendent J.S. Forest

Irene Browne

Irene Browne

Dowager

Arthur Mullard

Arthur Mullard

Brassknuckles

Tutte Lemkow

Tutte Lemkow

Siggy Schmoltz

Dermot Kelly

Dermot Kelly

Misery Martin

Vanda Godsell

Vanda Godsell

Annette

Barry Keegan

Barry Keegan

Alf

Marianne Stone

Marianne Stone

Woman at Meeting (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Police Officer (uncredited)

Dennis Price

Dennis Price

Educated Ernest (uncredited)

Dick Emery

Dick Emery

Adulterous Man (uncredited)

John Junkin

John Junkin

Maurice (uncredited)

Cardew Robinson

Cardew Robinson

Postman (uncredited)

Mario Fabrizi

Mario Fabrizi

Van Driver (uncredited)

John Harvey

John Harvey

Sergeant at Police Station (uncredited)

Harold Siddons

Harold Siddons

Police Constable in Garage (uncredited)

Jack Silk

Jack Silk

Police Constable at Station (uncredited)

Deryck Guyler

Deryck Guyler

Police Constable at Scotland Yard (uncredited)

Gerald Sim

Gerald Sim

Airport Official (uncredited)

Crew

Cliff Owen

Cliff Owen

Director

Ray Galton

Ray Galton

Writer

Alan Simpson

Alan Simpson

Writer

John Antrobus

John Antrobus

Writer

Ernest Steward

Ernest Steward

Director of Photography

Tristam Cones

Tristam Cones

Editor

John Warren

John Warren

Screenplay

Len Heath

Len Heath

Screenplay

Ivor Jay

Ivor Jay

Original Story

William Whistance Smith

William Whistance Smith

Original Story

Aubrey Baring

Aubrey Baring

Producer

Cecil F. Ford

Cecil F. Ford

Associate Producer

E.M. Smedley-Aston

E.M. Smedley-Aston

Associate Producer

Robert Velaise

Robert Velaise

Executive Producer

Richard Rodney Bennett

Richard Rodney Bennett

Music

Ray Hearne

Ray Hearne

Still Photographer