Two-Way Stretch

6.8(55)19601h 24m

ComedyCrime

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.

Director

Robert Day

Two Way Stretch (1960) Lionel Jeffries

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Cast

Peter Sellers

Dodger Lane

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Soapy Stevens

Maurice Denham

Governor Horatio Bennett

Irene Handl

Mrs. Price

David Lodge

Jelly Knight

Lionel Jeffries

Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout

Liz Fraser

Ethel

Bernard Cribbins

Lennie Price

Beryl Reid

Miss Pringle

Walter Hudd

Reverend Patterson

George Woodbridge

Chief Prison Officer Jenkins

John Glyn-Jones

Lawyer

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1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

6.0

I was never an huge fan of Peter Sellers's films, but this one works quite well. Incarcerated, he is living the life of Riley with his two cellmates during Her Majesty's pleasure when their erstwhile colleague (a bit more of a substantial part for the engaging Wilfred Hyde-White) dressed as a parson arrives to pay them a spiritual visit. It's at this rendezvous that he informs "Dodger" (PS) of his...