The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963 PG-13 1h 34m

6.7 / 10 47

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6.7/10

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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.

Director Cliff Owen

Writers

Alan Simpson Ray Galton John Antrobus

Stars

Peter Sellers Lionel Jeffries Bernard Cribbins

Peter Sellers

Pearly Gates

Lionel Jeffries

Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker

Assistant Commissioner

Graham Stark

Sid Cooper

Martin Boddey

Superintendent J.S. Forest

Woman at Meeting (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Police Officer (uncredited)

Dennis Price

Educated Ernest (uncredited)

Dick Emery

Adulterous Man (uncredited)

Van Driver (uncredited)

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)

Deryck Guyler

Police Constable at Scotland Yard (uncredited)

Gerald Sim

Airport Official (uncredited)

Crime Comedy

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Geronimo1967 16 Jan 2024

7/10

Ostensibly, "Pearly Gates" (Peter Sellers) is a French couturier selling posh frocks, but we know in reality he's a crook. Imagine his chagrin when his latest crime falls foul of the police! Imagine how much worse it gets when he discovers that it wasn't the police at all, but a gang who "IPO" (Impersonate Police Officers). That's below the belt! Meantime, the rather supercilious police inspector ...