Two Way Stretch

Two Way Stretch

84 mins | Crime, Comedy, Action | Dec. 20, 1960

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.

Two Way Stretch

84 mins | Crime, Comedy, Action | Dec. 20, 1960

Two Way Stretch
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Vale Film Productions, Shepperton Productions
Original title Two Way Stretch
Directors Robert Day, Kip Gowans
Writers John Warren, Len Heath, Vivian Cox

Cast

Peter Sellers

as Dodger Lane

Maurice Denham

as The Governor

Lionel Jeffries

as Chief P.O. Sidney Crout

David Lodge

as Jelly Knight

Bernard Cribbins

as Lennie Price

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Soapy Stevens

Irene Handl

as Mrs. Price

George Woodbridge

as Chief P.O. Jenkins

Liz Fraser

as Ethel

John Harvey

as Governor Rockhampton Prison

Beryl Reid

as Miss Pringle

Noel Hood

as Miss Prescott

Myrette Morven

as Miss Meakin

Edwin Brown

as Warder Charlie

Cyril Chamberlain

as Gate Warder (Day)

Wallas Eaton

as Gate Warder (Night)

Andrew Downie

as Garden Warder

Thorley Walters

as Col. Parkright

Mario Fabrizi

as Jones

Warren Mitchell

as Tailor

Arthur Mullard

as Fred

Vivienne Martin

as Fred's Wife