Two-Way Stretch
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Actor: Bernard Cribbins, Cyril Chamberlain, Edwin Brown, Maurice Denham, William AbneyPrimary Contributor: Peter Sellers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of Two-Way Stretch
Movie Review: Mediocre Prison caper with good cast
Summary: 3 Stars
When Peter Sellers takes the lead rather than a key part in an ensemble cast, warning bells ring. In this mediocre British comedy, Sellers plays a crook in prison, a prison more like a health farm. This must be one of his weakest performances. There is little opportunity for the mimicry which really was his specialty. Without that, Sellers is simply not much of an actor and dull to boot.
With a familiar cast of British comedians, in particular the divine Irene Handl, the film has some amusing lines but most of the jokes are too broad without the subtlety of the best of British. There are also some very coarse moments which are worthy of a 3rd rate music hall comedian.
If the premise was original when the film was released, such far superior comedies such as "Porridge" have made this film obsolete, cliched and unfunny. It is worth noting that the print is good.
Summary of Two-Way Stretch
A great British crime comedy always worth watching again, Two Way Stretch is about imprisoned crooks who hatch a scheme to pull off a heist with a perfect alibi by breaking out, doing the job, and then breaking back in to serve out their sentences. Peter Sellers, usually an eccentric support in these things, takes a rare lead as cocky mastermind Dodger Lane, confident enough to share the screen with performers who would be doing serious time if scene-stealing were an actual offense. The chief delight of the film is Lionel Jeffries's bristling, infuriated, hilariously humiliated warder Sidney Crout, forever fuming as Dodger gets away with some new scheme. Also in on the scam: Wilfrid Hyde-White as a bogus clergyman, David Lodge as the dimwitted muscleman, and Bernard Cribbins in the nice young man part. The British cinema has been turning out an unheralded series of wonderful caper comedies for decades, from The Lavender Hill Mob through A Fish Called Wanda to The Parole Officer; this effort--along with the follow-up, The Wrong Arm of the Law--ranks among the best. --Kim NewmanArt House & International DVD Video
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