Two-Way Stretch
1960 | 84m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Robert Day |
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| Writer: | Vivian Cox, John Warren, Len Heath |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 20, 1960 |
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| Director: | Robert Day |
| Writer: | Vivian Cox, John Warren, Len Heath |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime |
| Keywords | prison, robbery |
| Production Companies | Vale Film Productions, Shepperton Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Peter Sellers | Dodger Lane |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | Soapy Stevens |
| Maurice Denham | Governor Horatio Bennett |
| Irene Handl | Mrs. Price |
| David Lodge | Jelly Knight |
| Lionel Jeffries | Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout |
| Liz Fraser | Ethel |
| Bernard Cribbins | Lennie Price |
| Beryl Reid | Miss Pringle |
| Walter Hudd | Reverend Patterson |
| George Woodbridge | Chief Prison Officer Jenkins |
| John Glyn-Jones | Lawyer |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Day Gate Warder |
| Noel Hood | Miss Prescott |
| Wallas Eaton | Night Gate Warder |
| Mario Fabrizi | Jones |
| Thorley Walters | Colonel Parkright |
| Myrette Morven | Miss Meakin |
| Edwin Brown | Warder Charlie |
| Andrew Downie | Garden Warder |
| William Abney | Visiting Room Warder |
| John Wood | Captain |
| Robert James | Police Superintendent |
| Warren Mitchell | Tailor |
| Arthur Mullard | Fred |
| Vivienne Martin | Fred's Wife |
| Joe Gibbons | Dustman |
| Ian Wilson | Milkman |
| Edward Dentith | Detective |
| John Harvey | Rockhampton Prison Governor |
| Johnny Vyvyan | Shorthouse |
| Harry Littlewood | Postman |
| Homi Bode | Court Chamberlain |
| John Adams | Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| Jack Armstrong | Vicar (uncredited) |
| Del Baker | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Abe Barker | Sam (uncredited) |
| Joe Beckett | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Eddie Boyce | Army Corporal (uncredited) |
| Robin Burns | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Ted Carroll | Modelling Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Tony Castleton | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Harold Coyne | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Dan Darnelli | Vicar (uncredited) |
| Robert Day | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Jack Dearlove | Postman (uncredited) |
| Olga Dickie | Woman in Pub (uncredited) |
| Tony Doonan | Prisoner in Garden (uncredited) |
| Eynon Evans | Solicitor (uncredited) |
| George Hilsdon | Harold (uncredited) |
| George Holdcroft | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Lindsay Hooper | Soldier / Driver (uncredited) |
| Tommy Jenkins | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Gerry Judge | Constable (uncredited) |
| Frederick Kelsey | Vicar (uncredited) |
| Alf Mangan | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Jack May | Prison Visitor (uncredited) |
| Manny Michael | Prisoner / Security Van Guard (uncredited) |
| John More | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Guy Standeven | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Larry Taylor | Rockingham Quarry Prison Warder (uncredited) |
| Joe Wadham | Security Van Driver (uncredited) |
| Hedger Wallace | Detective (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Geoffrey Faithfull | Director of Photography |
| Vivian Cox | Story |
| John Warren | Screenplay |
| Len Heath | Screenplay |
| Bert Rule | Editor |
| Frank Drake | Camera Operator |
| Maurice Askew | Sound Recordist |
| Paddy Cunningham | Sound Recordist |
| Kip Gowans | Assistant Director |
| Jimmy Evans | Makeup Artist |
| Joyce James | Hairdresser |
| John Box | Art Direction |
| Robert Day | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| E.M. Smedley-Aston | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 762 | 798 |
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.