Two-Way Stretch
Three inmates map out an escape on the eve of their scheduled release to pull off a bold jewel heist, hoping to anchor a flawless alibi by slipping back behind bars. Yet the breakout proves daunting first, as a newly appointed, tougher prison officer complicates their plan.
Director(s)
Robert Day
Kip Gowans
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CinemaSerf
I was never an huge fan of Peter Sellers's films, but this one works quite well. Incarcerated, he is living the life of Riley with his two cellmates during Her Majesty's pleasure when their erstwhile colleague (a bit more of a substantial part for the engaging Wilfred Hyde-White) dressed as a parson arrives to pay them a spiritual visit. It's at this rendezvous that he informs "Dodger" (PS) of his plan for them to escape from prison just long enough to steal a fortune in diamonds then escape back in - for the perfect alibi! He and his pals "Jelly" (David Lodge) and "Lennie" (Bernard Cribbins) think it is all a pipe dream, especially when the rather hapless, gardening, prison governor (Maurice Denham) finds he has a new chief warden in the form of disciplinarian "Crout" (Lionel Jeffries) - a man determined to tighten things up a bit around this rather casually run jail. What now ensues is a series of fun escapades that I could easily see proving inspirational to the forthcoming BBC "Porridge" series. Jeffries and Denham provide strong support as the story, daft as it is, allows some fun characters to develop and for the writing to provide some dialogue and scenarios that raise the odd smile. Personally, I was just a little disappointed by the denouement - but as crime capers go, this is actually quite fun and is still worth a watch.
Two-Way Stretch FAQs
The directors of Two-Way Stretch are Robert Day and Kip Gowans.
The cast of Two-Way Stretch includes Alf Mangan as Prisoner (uncredited), Guy Standeven as Prisoner (uncredited), Peter Sellers as Dodger Lane, Liz Fraser as Ethel, Irene Handl as Mrs. Price, Harold Coyne as Prisoner (uncredited), Tony Castleton as Prisoner (uncredited), Lionel Jeffries as Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout, George Woodbridge as Chief Prison Officer Jenkins, Noel Hood as Miss Prescott, Thorley Walters as Colonel Parkright, John More as Prisoner (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Two-Way Stretch is 1h 24 mins.
Two-Way Stretch was released on 20 Dec 1960.
Two-Way Stretch is listed under Comedy and Crime on Fanbiz.
Two-Way Stretch has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "I was never an huge fan of Peter Sellers's films, but this one works quite well. Incarcerated, he is living the life of Riley with his two cellmates during Her Majesty's pleasur..."
