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17/03/1963 Crime, Comedy 1h 34m
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Meet the Mastermind Who Pulls the Strings in the Underworld...and all his mobs and dolls...filling the London fog with laughter and lunacy!!!

Overview

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upsets the natural order of the police/criminal relationship and the police and the crooks join forces to catch the IPOs (Impersonating Police Officers), including an armoured car robbery in which the police must help the gangs to set a trap.

  1. Cliff Owen

    Director

  2. Ray Galton

    Writer

  3. Alan Simpson

    Writer

  4. John Antrobus

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Sellers

    Pearly Gates

  2. Lionel Jeffries

    Inspector Fred 'Nosey' Parker

  3. Bernard Cribbins

    Nervous O'Toole

  4. Nanette Newman

    Valerie

  5. Davy Kaye

    Trainer King

  6. Bill Kerr

    Jack Coombes

  7. Ed Devereaux

    Bluey May

  8. Reg Lye

    Reg Denton

  9. John Le Mesurier

    Assistant Commissioner

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-01-16
Ostensibly, "Pearly Gates" (Peter Sellers) is a French couturier selling posh frocks, but we know in reality he's a crook. Imagine his chagrin when his latest crime falls foul of the police! Imagine how much worse it gets when he discovers that it wasn't the police at all, but a gang who "IPO" (Impersonate Police Officers). That's below the belt! Meantime, the rather supercilious police inspector "Parker" (Lionel Jeffries) starts to get embroiled in this too as his bosses don't much like the idea that there are fake officers out there robbing with impunity. The most unlikely of truces now ensu...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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