The Wrong Arm of the Law

In this British comic gem of the ’60s, the mighty Peter Sellers (The Ladykillers, The Pink Panther) stars as Pearly Gates, the cockney kingpin of London’s most efficient gang of thieves, organizing spectacular robberies from behind the front of a haute-couture dress salon. Everything goes well until the police start appearing after every job to confiscate the loot. The cunning Pearly realizes there’s a traitor amongst his crew, and no one is above suspicion—not even his fashion model girlfriend Valerie (Nanette Newman, The Raging Moon). Much laughter and lunacy ensue! The smashing cast also features Bernard Cribbins (The Railway Children) as gangster “Nervous” O’Toole and Lionel Jeffries (Two Way Stretch) as Inspector Fred “Nosy” Parker.