Episode 199 - The Wrong Arm Of The Law (1963)
Reel Britannia
- Published
- June 19, 2026
- Duration
- 40:41
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 6, 2026
Discusses When the crooks and the coppers join forces, London's criminal underworld is in very confused hands.…
Summary
When the crooks and the coppers join forces, London's criminal underworld is in very confused hands. For Episode 199, Reel Britannia slips into the sharply dressed, cheerfully crooked world of The Wrong Arm of the Law, a 1963 British crime comedy in which the nation's criminals discover that even dishonesty was better organised in the old days. Peter Sell…
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When the crooks and the coppers join forces, London's criminal underworld is in very confused hands. For Episode 199, Reel Britannia slips into the sharply dressed, cheerfully crooked world of The Wrong Arm of the Law, a 1963 British crime comedy in which the nation's criminals discover that even dishonesty was better organised in the old days. Peter Sellers stars as Pearly Gates, a suave London gang boss who divides his time between running a fashion house and supervising a criminal organisatio