Two-Way Stretch 03/15/25

Charlie Largent examines a British comedy about a wild jewel robbery committed by prison inmates while incarcerated: Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins and David Lodge, aided and abetted by outsiders Wilfrid Hyde-White, Maurice Denham, Lionel Jeffries, Irene Handl, Liz Fraser and Beryl Reid. All they have to do is break jail, pull off the caper, and get back before Lights Out. The director is Robert Day, of fare like Tarzan the Magnificent and Hammer’s She: considering those pictures, we’re interested in Day’s approach to a comedy farce. On Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics.
03/15/25