The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963

Action / Comedy / Crime

10
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 60% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 2707 2.7K

crooks disguised as cops london, england robbery police bank robber dark comedy

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Plot summary

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 Photo
Cliff Owen

Top cast

Michael Caine Photo
Michael Caine as Police Station PC
Lionel Jeffries Photo
Lionel Jeffries as Inspector Parker
Cardew Robinson Photo
Cardew Robinson as Mailman
Dennis Price Photo
Dennis Price as Educated Ernest
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
872.67 MB
1194*720
English 2.0
Unrated
us  
24 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 1
1.58 GB
1792*1080
English 2.0
Unrated
us  
24 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Ostensibly, "Pearly Gates" (Peter Sellers) is a French

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 "Parker" (Lionel Jeffries) starts to get embroiled in this too as his bosses don't much like the idea that there are fake officers out there robbing with impunity. The most unlikely of truces now ensues as both have to bury the hatchet and concoct a plan to entrap their rather shrewd, and well briefed, protagonists. The enormous sum of £500,000 is to be used as bait but what's the betting the plan goes pear-shaped? There's a good dynamic between Sellers and Jeffries here with a well paced and engagingly daft story unravelling over a quickly paced ninety minutes. Some familiar faces make up the supporting cast and the denouement - well I quite liked that! The humour is simple and uncomplicated, relying on some characterful performances and some spirited efforts on screen, and I did quite enjoy this.
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Reviewed by tim_o_callaghan 8 / 10

Charming, timeless and reassuring

The Wrong Arm of the Law:A charming evocation of a kind of reassuring never-neverland, populated by loveable rogues and dimwitted but honest cops. Of course the crime underworld was never like this, but when the horrors of the modern world seem to crowd in on me, this is just the kind of amusing escapist whimsy I love to take solace in.

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