The Wrong Arm of the Law
Meet the Mastermind Who Pulls the Strings in the Underworld...and all his mobs and dolls...filling the London fog with laughter and lunacy!!!
1963 · 94 min · ★ 6.7 · Crime, Comedy
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.
Directed by Cliff Owen · Written by Alan Simpson
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Ed Devereaux Bluey May -
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John Le Mesurier Assistant Commissioner -
Graham Stark Sid Cooper -
Martin Boddey Superintendent J.S. Forest -
Irene Browne Dowager
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