cult film freak: PETER SELLERS & NANETTE NEWMAN 'THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW'

Written by James M. Tate / 6/28/2025 / No comments / comedy , gangster , graham stark , lionel jeffries , nanette newman , peter sellers , sixties , vanda godsell

PETER SELLERS & NANETTE NEWMAN 'THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW'

6/28/2025 | No comment

Peter Sellers and Nanette Newman THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW Year: 1963 Rating: Grade: C—

A familiar plot a year after THE PINK PANTHER when Peter Sellers' character is cheated-on by his wife (Nanette Newman), working with someone he wants to bust... in this case the head of an Australian criminal ring that is stealing from Sellers' criminal ring led by SHOT IN THE DARK sidekick Graham Stark...

For all the running around, THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW sporadically feels like a comedy but really plays out like one, seeming more of a lightweight take on the 1930's Gangster genre, that always includes a meeting of rival gangs banded together for more city-controlling power...

Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

In this case the two groups are joined by cops (led by Lionel Jeffries) to thwart the meddling antagonists, and Peter Sellers takes the situation very seriously, similar to his bonafide criminal turn in NEVER LET GO and also his serious-yet-clumsy-and-oblivious French Inspector...

The problem's that the movie isn't humorous enough to counterbalance Sellers' "dual" performance of a kingpin pretending to be an effeminate clothier, and it's not serious enough for the intended genre parody to really matter... overall making WRONG ARM get fitfully lost between the two prime PANTHERS.

Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW with Graham Stark

Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Vanda Godsell with Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Peter Sellers' Lolita moll Marianne Stone in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Lionel Jeffries and Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Graham Stark and Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Nanette Newman in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Nanette Newman and Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Nanette Newman in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Nanette Newman and Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Peter Sellers in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Nanette Newman in THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW

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