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The Wrong Arm of the Law

on BBC Two England

Crime comedy, beginning a short season of films starring Peter Sellers and showing to complement the trio of Arena documentaries that began tonight.
Also starring Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins

Pearly Gates, a leading light in the London underworld, is dismayed to find his lucrative business being disrupted by some upstarts from Down Under disguised as police officers. The audacious Australians have the cheek to help themselves to Pearly' hard-earned loot. With the syndicate at risk, who better to ask for assistance than Scotland Yard?
(1962)
(Peter Sellers can be seen in Sykes on Tuesday at 9.00pm on BBC2)
Film Reviews pages 55-60

Contributors

Director:
Cliff Owen
Pearly Gates:
Peter Sellers
Inspector Parker:
Lionel Jeffries
Nervous O'Toole:
Bernard Cribbins
Trainer King:
Davy Kaye
Valerie:
Nanette Newman
Jack Coombes:
Bill Kerr
Bluey May:
Ed Devereaux
Reg Denton:
Reg Lye
Asst Commissioner:
John Le Mesurier
Sid Cooper:
Graham Stark
Brassknuckles:
Arthur Mullard

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