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Two-Way Stretch (1960)
Director: Robert Day
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From Time Out Film Guide
Convicts Sellers, Cribbins and Lodge treat prison like a holiday camp and hatch a plan with bogus clergyman Hyde-White to escape from the joint, deprive a maharaja of his jewels, then break back in again to ensure a watertight alibi. Unfortunately, new warden Jeffries is determined to initiate a tougher regime, which puts the gang's plans in jeopardy. With a tight narrative and a raft of top British character actors, this ebullient comedy could hardly go wrong - and it didn't. Reliably amusing stuff.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: Robert Day
Producer: M Smedley Aston
Cast: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Maurice Denham, Irene Handl, David Lodge, Lionel Jeffries, Liz Fraser, Bernard Cribbins, Thorley Walters, Beryl Reid full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 87 mins
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