The Wrong Arm of the Law

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Infobox Film
name = The Wrong Arm of the Law


caption = original film poster
director = Cliff Owen
producer = E.M. Smedley Aston
Aubrey Baring
writer = John Antrobus
Ray Galton
Len Heath
starring = Peter Sellers
Lionel Jeffries
Bernard Cribbins
music = Richard Rodney Bennett
cinematography = Ernest Steward
editing =
distributor = British Lion Films
released = 1963
runtime = 94 min.
country = UK
awards =
language =
budget =
preceded_by =
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amg_id = 1:55625
imdb_id = 0056704

"The Wrong Arm of the Law" is a 1963 British comedy film starring Peter Sellers, directed by Cliff Owen and written in part by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Plot

In London, a gang of criminals from Australia, impersonate officers of the law to perpetrate robberies. Local gang leader Pearly Gates (Sellers), who operates from the cover of a French couturier, finds his takings cut severely, and blames rival crook Nervous O'Toole (Bernard Cribbins). When it emerges that they are both being scammed by the same gang, they join forces, along with Lionel Jeffries' Police Inspector "Nosey" Parker, to bring the so-called "I.P.O mob" to justice. Nanette Newman provides the love interest, the ubiquitous John Le Mesurier plays a senior policeman, and a young Michael Caine has a small and uncredited role.

There is a tradition in Britain of using comedy as a way of ridiculing the establishment and many British films use comedy in this way. As Peter Sellers, the crook, says to Lionel Jeffries, the police inspector, “My clients are prepared to co-operate with the police in an effort to re-establish the accepted status quo apropos the criminal and society.” One could not wish for a better example of the relationship between the police and the criminal fraternity as depicted in British movies than is suggested in that one line in this movie.

Production

Many of the robbery scenes were filmed around Uxbridge Moor

Technical details, premiere dates and DVD release

"The Wrong Arm of the Law" was filmed in 1.66:1 aspect ratio on 35-millimeter film and had its London premiere in March 1963. It opened in New York City on April 21963 and received a DVD release on February 242004.

External links

*imdb title|id=0056704|title=The Wrong Arm of the Law
*amg title|id=1:55625|title=The Wrong Arm of the Law


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