Movie
Two-Way Stretch
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-12-20
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Vale Film Productions, Shepperton Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Sellers as Dodger Lane
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Soapy Stevens
- Maurice Denham as Governor Horatio Bennett
- Irene Handl as Mrs. Price
- David Lodge as Jelly Knight
- Lionel Jeffries as Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout
- Liz Fraser as Ethel
- Bernard Cribbins as Lennie Price
- Beryl Reid as Miss Pringle
- Walter Hudd as Reverend Patterson
- George Woodbridge as Chief Prison Officer Jenkins
- John Glyn-Jones as Lawyer
Crew
- Robert Day - Director
- John Warren - Screenplay
- Len Heath - Screenplay
- Vivian Cox - Story
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