The Wrong Arm of the Law
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Cliff Owen
Peter Sellers
Lionel Jeffries
Bernard Cribbins
Davy Kaye
Nanette Newman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Monsieur Jules, smooth operator of a plush Bond Street dress salon, uses his store as a front for his criminal dealings as Pearly Gates, head of a London syndicate of thieves. Despite an agreement with other local gangs not to work in the same area at the same time, three Australian hoodlums disguised as policemen confiscate Pearly Gates's loot. Soon realizing who the bogus officers are, Pearly Gates remains unaware that the impostors are being tipped off by his girl friend, Valerie. After a meeting with the crime syndicate, at which it is decided to befriend Scotland Yard, a 24-hour crime truce is declared so that all concerned may join forces in apprehending the IPO's (Impersonating Police Officers). An initial attempt by Inspector Parker, already in trouble with his superiors, goes awry. A second trap is more carefully planned, but Pearly Gates hijacks the come-on money from an armored car at the airport and absconds with the bait, taking along Parker, who is handcuffed to the moneybox. Though the other gangs are arrested, Pearly Gates and his friends escape by plane, with Valerie along as stowaway. It is revealed that the loot is merely play money, and upon arrival at a South Sea island, they begin life anew making grass skirts for the natives.
Director
Cliff Owen
Cast
Peter Sellers
Lionel Jeffries
Bernard Cribbins
Davy Kaye
Nanette Newman
Bill Kerr
Ed Devereaux
Reg Lye
John Le Mesurier
Graham Stark
Martin Boddey
Irene Browne
Arthur Mullard
Dermot Kelly
Vanda Godsell
Tutte Lemkow
Barry Keegan
John Junkin
Dennis Price
Dick Emery
John Harvey
Crew
John Antrobus
Roy Baird
Aubrey Baring
Richard Rodney Bennett
Tristam Cones
Robert Ellis
Cecil F. Ford
Ray Galton
Len Heath
John Hollingsworth
Bill Howell
Ivor Jay
Alan Simpson
E. M. Smedley-aston
William Whistance Smith
Ernest Steward
Robert Velaise
Robert Velaise
John Warren
Harry White
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in London. Opened in London in March 1963; running time: 94 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1962
London, England
Released in United States 1962
