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The Wrong Arm of the Law

64 %|Mar 17, 1963|Crime, Comedy

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.

Featured Crew

Cliff Owen
Director
Ray Galton
Writer
Alan Simpson
Writer
John Antrobus
Writer
Ernest Steward
Director of Photography
Tristam Cones
Editor
John Warren
Screenplay
Len Heath
Screenplay

Cast

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Peter Sellers
Pearly Gates
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Lionel Jeffries
Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker
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Bernard Cribbins
Nervous O'Toole
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Davy Kaye
Trainer King
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Bill Kerr
Jack Coombes
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Ed Devereaux
Bluey May
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Reg Lye
Reg Denton
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John Le Mesurier
Assistant Commissioner
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Graham Stark
Sid Cooper
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Martin Boddey
Superintendent J.S. Forest
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Arthur Mullard
Brassknuckles
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Tutte Lemkow
Siggy Schmoltz
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Dermot Kelly
Misery Martin
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Marianne Stone
Woman at Meeting (uncredited)
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Michael Caine
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Dennis Price
Educated Ernest (uncredited)
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Dick Emery
Adulterous Man (uncredited)
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John Junkin
Maurice (uncredited)
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Cardew Robinson
Postman (uncredited)
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Mario Fabrizi
Van Driver (uncredited)
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John Harvey
Sergeant at Police Station (uncredited)
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Harold Siddons
Police Constable in Garage (uncredited)
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Jack Silk
Police Constable at Station (uncredited)
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Deryck Guyler
Police Constable at Scotland Yard (uncredited)
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Gerald Sim
Airport Official (uncredited)