Movie

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Released: March 17, 1963 (1963)

Runtime: 94 minutes

Genres: 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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Reg Lye as Reg Denton
Age at release: 50
John Le Mesurier as Assistant Commissioner
Age at release: 50
Davy Kaye as Trainer King
Age at release: 46
Graham Stark as Sid Cooper
Age at release: 41
Bill Kerr as Jack Coombes
Age at release: 40
Peter Sellers as Pearly Gates
Age at release: 37
Ed Devereaux as Bluey May
Age at release: 37
Lionel Jeffries as Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker
Age at release: 36
Bernard Cribbins as Nervous O'Toole
Age at release: 34
Nanette Newman as Valerie
Age at release: 28

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Irene Browne as Dowager
Age at release: 72
Martin Boddey as Superintendent J.S. Forest
Age at release: 55
Arthur Mullard as Brassknuckles
Age at release: 52
John Harvey as Sergeant at Police Station (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
Dick Emery as Adulterous Man (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Deryck Guyler as Police Constable at Scotland Yard (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Dennis Price as Educated Ernest (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
Dermot Kelly as Misery Martin
Age at release: 45
Cardew Robinson as Postman (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
Tutte Lemkow as Siggy Schmoltz
Age at release: 44
Vanda Godsell as Annette
Age at release: 40
Barry Keegan as Alf
Age at release: 40
Marianne Stone as Woman at Meeting (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
Harold Siddons as Police Constable in Garage (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
Jack Silk as Police Constable at Station (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
Mario Fabrizi as Van Driver (uncredited)
Age at release: 38
Gerald Sim as Airport Official (uncredited)
Age at release: 38
John Junkin as Maurice (uncredited)
Age at release: 33
Michael Caine as Police Officer (uncredited)
Age at release: 30