| The Wrong Arm of the Law | |
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| Directed by | Cliff Owen |
| Written by | John Antrobus Ray Galton Alan Simpson John Warren Len Heath |
| Produced by | E.M. Smedley Aston Aubrey Baring |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Lionel Jeffries Bernard Cribbins John Le Mesurier Bill Kerr |
| Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
| Edited by | Tristam Cones |
| Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £233,570[1] |
The Wrong Arm of the Law is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins, Lionel Jeffries, John Le Mesurier, Bill Kerr and Nanette Newman.[2] The final screenplay was written by John Antrobus, Ray Galton, and Alan Simpson – from an original draft script by John Warren and Len Heath, based on a story by Ivor Jay and William Whistance Smith – and made by Romulus Films. It reunited Sellers, Jeffries, and Cribbens who appeared together in the 1960 film comedy Two-Way Stretch – also written by John Warren and Len Heath – where similarly Sellers and Cribbens played crooks (incarcerated) against Jeffries as on officer of the law, in that case as their chief prison officer.
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
- ^ "The Wrong Arm of the Law". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 January 2024.