Two Way Stretch (1960)

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Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers) has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices... See full summary »

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14 November 2005 | ianlouisiana
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| "Basket weaving? - I'll get you baskets weaving...!"
Despite "Two way stretch" usually being described as a "Peter Sellers film" it is an ensemble piece featuring some of the best British character actors of the 1950s and 60s.Maurice Denham,George Woodbridge,Thorley Walters,Wilfred Hyde-White and the wonderful Lionel Jefferies decorate this movie.Mr Jefferies in particular was never better than as CPO Crout the slightly mad successor to the kind-hearted veteran George Woodbridge. "Basket weaving?.....I'll get you baskets weaving !" he rants on being told that the cons are being taught that country craft. The usual lovable Cockneys and middle-class dunderheads make up the rest of the cast. It is the sort of film knocked out in a few weeks for silly money that the British Film Industry once excelled at.It wasn't "Great Art" but it was great fun.Now you need millions from the Lottery to make something a first-year Film Studies person would leave on the cutting-room floor. "Two way stretch " had no sex,no violence and no bad language,three of the requisites for comedy writers these days.It still makes a lot of people laugh.Not many modern comedies do.Is this a "Duh" moment?

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Liz Fraser (Ethel) was still learning to drive at the time the film was made. In the scene where Ethel follows the army convoy in an Aston Martin, she kept stalling as she set off on cue, so ropes were attached to the front of the car, out of shot, and it was towed.

Quotes

Fred: How old is he now, my love?
Fred's wife: Eight months, dearest.
Fred: But I've been in here nearly two years.
Fred's wife: Oh yes, Fred. But you sent me some *lovely* letters.

Goofs

When Crout inspects the three prisoners' cell, Lane squirts an air freshener to clear the smell of cigarettes, then thrusts the freshener into his jacket pocket. For obvious reasons, prison jackets are never equipped with pockets.

Crazy Credits

Opening credits prologue: H.M. PRISON HUNTLEIGH

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Genres

Comedy | Crime

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Release Date:

4 March 1960

Language

English

Country of Origin

UK

Filming Locations

Fittleworth station - disused, Fittleworth, West Sussex, England, UK

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