The Wrong Arm of the Law

About The Wrong Arm of the Law

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police.

Cliff Owen's The Wrong Arm of the Law is a 1963 comedy crime film. Its themes are disguise, bank robber, black humor, and policeman.

Peter Sellers appears as Pearly Gates, Lionel Jeffries as Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker, Bernard Cribbins as Nervous O'Toole, and Nanette Newman as Valerie. It runs 94 minutes and was released in March 1963.

The screenplay is by Alan Simpson and John Antrobus. It streams on BFI Player Amazon Channel in the United States.

A Clockwork Orange, The Gentlemen, and 3000 Miles to Graceland make useful companions to The Wrong Arm of the Law, all filed under dark comedy and robbery. It carries a NR rating.