Two-Way Stretch
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| Directed by | Robert Day |
| Produced by | E.M. Smedley-Aston |
| Written by | John Warren Len Heath Vivian Cox Alan Hackney (add'l dialogue) |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Wilfrid Hyde-White Lionel Jeffries |
| Music by | Kenneth V. Jones |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Editing by | Bert Rule |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
| Release date(s) | 26 January 1960 |
| Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Two-Way Stretch, sometimes titled Nothing Barred, is a 1960 British comedy film, about a group of prisoners who plan to break out of jail, commit a robbery, and then break back into jail again, thus giving them the perfect alibi – that they were behind bars when the robbery occurred. However, their plans are disrupted by the arrival of a strict new Chief Prison Officer.
The film was directed by Robert Day from a screenplay by Vivian Cox, John Warren and Len Heath, with additional dialogue by Alan Hackney. The film boasts a rich cast of characters played by, among others, Peter Sellers, Wilfred Hyde-White, Lionel Jeffries and Bernard Cribbins.
[edit] Cast
- Peter Sellers as Dodger Lane
- Lionel Jeffries as Prison Officer 'Sour' Crout
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Soapy Stevens
- Bernard Cribbins as Lennie (The Dip) Price
- David Lodge as Jelly Knight
- Irene Handl as Mrs Price
- Liz Fraser as Ethel
- Maurice Denham as Horatio Bennett, the Prison Governor
- Beryl Reid as Miss Pringle
- George Woodbridge as Chief Prison Officer Jenkins
- Cyril Chamberlain as Gate Warder - Day
- Wallas Eaton as Gate Warder - Night
- William Abney as Visiting Room Warder
- Thorley Walters as Colonel Parkright
- John Wood as Captain
- Robert James as Police Superintendent
- Walter Hudd as Reverend Patterson
- Mario Fabrizi as Jones
- Warren Mitchell as Tailor
- John Glyn-Jones as Lawyer
- Arthur Mullard as Fred
- Edward Dentith as Detective
- John Harvey as Governor Rockhampton Prison
[edit] Production
The prison scenes were filmed at the West Cavalry Barracks at Aldershot, and the train robbery at Pirbright Arch in the village of Brookwood in Surrey.
[edit] External links
- Two-Way Stretch at the Internet Movie Database
- Two-Way Stretch at AllRovi
- Two-Way Stretch at the TCM Movie Database
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