The wrong arm of the law is a 1963 british comedy directed by cliff owen and starring peter sellers, bernard cribbins, lionel jeffries, john le mesurier and bill kerr.in london, a gang of criminals from australia led by jack coombes bill kerr impersonate policemen to carry out robberies'. '.strtoupper('l')ocal gang leader pearly gates sellers, who operates from the cover of a french couturier, finds his takings cut severely, and blames rival crook nervous o'toole bernard cribbins'. '.strtoupper('w')hen it emerges they are both being scammed by the same gang, they join forces, along with lionel jeffries' police inspector nosey parker, to bring the so called i.p.o'. '.strtoupper('m')ob i.p.o'. '.strtoupper('i')mpersonating a police officer to justice.the long arm of the screenwriter john antrobus remembers the wrong arm of the lawbehind the scenes stills galleryoriginal trailer