The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)

6.7/10 94 min Crime Comedy

Overview

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

Pearly Gates

Lionel Jeffries

Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker

Bernard Cribbins

Nervous O'Toole

Nanette Newman

Valerie

Davy Kaye

Trainer King

Bill Kerr

Jack Coombes

Ed Devereaux

Bluey May

Reg Lye

Reg Denton

John Le Mesurier

Assistant Commissioner

Graham Stark

Sid Cooper

Martin Boddey

Superintendent J.S. Forest

Irene Browne

Dowager

Arthur Mullard

Brassknuckles

Tutte Lemkow

Siggy Schmoltz

Vanda Godsell

Annette

Barry Keegan

Alf

Marianne Stone

Woman at Meeting (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Police Officer (uncredited)

Dennis Price

Educated Ernest (uncredited)

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