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Overall Rank: 18544
Average Rating: 2.4/4
# of Ratings: 5
Theatrical Release Date: 04/02/1962
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cliff Owen
Actors: Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye, Nanette Newman, Bill Kerr
Plot: A gang of criminals in London disguised as police offers are ripping off the local crime syndicate. With tensions running high, the local crime syndicate decides to form a truce with Scotland Yard to bring this gang of criminals to justice. -- The WHB
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"The Wrong Arm Of The Law" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 05/05/2012
A criminal syndicate joins forces with the police to foil a gang impersonating police officers in this nostalgic British caper comedy that has an idea of cops and robbers you would not see outside of The Beano these days. Peter Sellers does his usual loveable rogue, up against Lionel Jeffries' usual self-important buffoon in a world where crime syndicates are like a union of old lags, who share a gentleman's agreement with the police, and happily sit down to discuss shop with them over a nice cup of tea and a couple of angel cakes. In fact the reason I found this film amusing was not so much the jokes, but the way the "villains" would happily go quietly with unarmed bobbies, just because they tapped them on the shoulder and said "'Allo 'allo 'allo, you're nicked!"; Guy Ritchie it ain't! …
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