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.

Cast

Peter Sellers

as Dodger Lane

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Soapy Stevens

Maurice Denham

as Governor Horatio Bennett

Irene Handl

as Mrs. Price

David Lodge

as Jelly Knight

Lionel Jeffries

as Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout

Liz Fraser

as Ethel

Bernard Cribbins

as Lennie Price

Beryl Reid

as Miss Pringle

Walter Hudd

as Reverend Patterson

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