Two Way Stretch

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1960

Directed By

Robert Day

Synopsis

Starring the finest comic actor of his generation Peter Sellers (I’m All Right Jack), Two Way Stretch is one of the funniest comedy crime capers of 1960s British cinema. Also starring a supporting cast of comedy legends including Lionel Jeffries (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and Bernard Cribbins (Crooks In Cloisters).

Constantly taking advantage of the prison governor’s liberal methods towards authority, convict, and criminal mastermind Dodger Lane (Sellers) decides to commit the ultimate crime with the ultimate alibi. Along with a misfit crew of fellow inmates he plans to escape from prison, steal a priceless cache of diamonds and then return to his cell before anyone notices. Who said genius was easy?

Cast

Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Liz Fraser, Lionel Jeffries, Maurice Denham, Irene Handl, Beryl Reid, Noel Hood

Release Date

4 August 2025

extras

New Peter Sellers: Criminally Good – A look at the production of Two Way Stretch featuring interviews with Peter Lydon, director of BBC Arena’s The Peter Sellers Story and the BFI’s Vic Pratt, co-author of The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British Film and Television
New Two Way Stretch: Sellers on the Inside – Featuring interview footage with Roy Boulting, Beryl Reid, Bryan Forbes, Sidney Gilliat and Mai Zetterling originally shot for Seller’s Best (1992, dir Paul Joyce) a 60-minute documentary on the early film career of Peter Sellers, broadcast on Channel Four
Audio Commentary by Authors and Comedy Historians Gemma Ross and Robert Ross
Behind the Scenes stills gallery
Trailer