Peter sellers gives another deft, very funny performance in two way stretch. The battle of the sexes 1960 komedija britanska komedija o dva vlasnika konkurentnih kompanija, koji pokusavaju da osmisle inovaciju i preuzmu trziste. Liz fraser and irene handel are their usual excellent selves and wilfred hyde white shows his versatility throughout. Three british convicts plan an escape, hoping to pull a robbery before sneaking back into prison the day before their release, giving themselves the perfect alibi. Peter sellers is starring, alongside david lodge, bernard cribbins, wilfrid hydewhite, maurice denham and lionel jeffries. Smedley aston production has everything lovers of classic british comedy could hope for. He discovered the films featured the legendary comedian but found. Rooming with two old chums they plan an unlikely heist of priceless diamonds while still inside.
Cast stretch wrap unwinds quietly compared to blown stretch wrap. Two way stretch 1960 dodger lane peter sellers is nearing the end of a threeyear robbery sentence alongside accomplices jelly knight david lodge and lennie price bernard cribbins. Jeffries was one of britains most versatile character actors. Twoway stretch is available to watch and stream, download on. June 16 premiere of alfred hitchcock s landmark film, psycho. Two special plastic dispensers are supplied with every carton purchased, which allows easy application of the stretch film to the item to be wrapped. Tubifast com 2 way stretch tecnologia bookmarkshare. Two way stretch 1960 movie clip you know your vicar. Two way stretch is a 1960 film starring peter sellers, david lodge, bernard cribbins. Smedleyaston, alan hackney, john warren, len heath, vivian cox. Cast stretch film has less memory and tear resistance than blown stretch film. From the golden era of british comedy, twoway stretch is a classic and well worth ninety minutes of anybobys time. Despite two way stretch usually being described as a peter sellers film it is an. The goon show was at its end, but his most famous film roles lay before him.
Disadvantages of cast stretch film does not offer the loadholding power blown stretch film provides. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. I love that i continue to run across sellers films that i have never heard of. Two way stretch was a dry run for the wrong arm of the law, which also featured peter sellers and bernard cribbins as crooks tangling with law enforcer lionel jeffries.
Peter sellers stars as an inmate in a model prison run by maurice denham. He gives a very simple and appealing performance here, playing an amiable and mischievous prison inmate who leads a comedic gang of three. Two way stretch 1960 robert day, peter sellers, david lodge, bernard cribbins march 17, 2015 dodger lane peter sellers has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. Plus, although it may not be everybodys cup of tea, in a round about way its educational too. Wee hunk these early peter sellers films are quite good.
British filming locations for the movie two way stretch 1960 including maps, screenshots, and other nearby film locations. But while that later film is tightly plotted, offbeat and consistently hilarious, this one is mostly tame, laboured and lethargic. By escaping the day before their release, then breaking back in again, they will have the perfect alibi when they rob a maharajahs palace of its diamonds they. Back in the 50s and 60s, the british film industry seemed able to churn out these comedy films at the drop of a hat. Sellers plays dodger lane,a lag who is having such a cushy time in the clink he couldnt care less whether he gets out or not. Two way stretch is a 1960 english film stars peter sellers, robert day, geoffrey faithfull, e.
Convicts sellers, cribbins and lodge treat prison like a holiday camp and hatch a plan with bogus clergyman hydewhite to escape from the joint. Two way stretch 1960 dodger lane peter sellers has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. Twoway stretch, sometimes titled nothing barred, is a 1960 british comedy film, about a group of prisoners who plan to break out of jail, commit a robbery, and. Medutim, predstavljaju opasnu prepreku jedno drugom. With peter sellers, david lodge, bernard cribbins, wilfrid hydewhite. Describing a film as lightweight shouldnt always be seen as a criticism.
In 1960 a film entitled two way stretch was released, which starred some of the greatest british actors and actresses of the time peter sellers, bernard cribbins, wilfrid hydewhite, maurice denham, and beryl reid to name just five. Jun 09, 2014 this clip from two way stretch sets the scene very nicely, with dodger lane peter sellers, lennie bernard cribbins and jelly knight david lodge having a very comfortable time in prison. Two way stretch 1960, a film by robert day theiapolis. Controversial since release, it set new standards in violence and sexuality on screen, and was a critical influence on the emerging slasher genre. Stretch film is a unique product in the packaging supply chain, primarily because it is designed to be stretched. A guide to two way stretch, the 1960 film about a trio of criminals. Nobody really steals a film from sellers, but lionel jeffries comes closehis turn as. In huntleigh prison, a group of cell mates peter sellers, bernard cribbins and david lodge plan the perfect burglary. Though sellers is disinclined to escape hes never been as comfortable in his life, he is convinced to do so by phony vicar wilfred hydewhite, who breaks into jail to outline a robbery scheme. Two way stretch 1960 cast and crew dodger lane peter sellers is nearing the end of a threeyear robbery sentence alongside accomplices jelly knight david lodge and lennie price bernard. Within its 87minute time span, two way stretch takes satirical potshots at political bleeding hearts, obese middle eastern potentates, and regulationbound british police officials. Dodger lane peter sellers has planned the perfect robbery while in prison.
In 1990, while helping to clear out former film offices in park lane, robert farrow came across a number of film cans in a skip. Twoway stretch, sometimes titled nothing barred, is a 1960 british comedy film, about a group of prisoners who plan to break out of jail, commit a robbery, and then break back into jail again, thus giving them the perfect alibi that they were behind bars when the robbery occurred. That being said, some people will call a 1 way stretch a 2 way, and a 2 way stretch a 4 or all way stretch. Peter sellers, usually an eccentric support in these things, takes a rare lead as cocky. The thin story line concerns a freeandeasy prison run by a governor who is more interested in gardening than discipline. Two way stretch has been ranked 526 times, wins 54. A great british crime comedy always worth another watch, two way stretch is the one about the cosily imprisoned crooks who hatch a scheme to pull off a heist with a perfect alibi by breaking out of their nick, doing the job and then breaking back into the jug again to serve out their sentences. Two way stretch 1960 robert day, peter sellers, david. Two way stretch is a comedycrime film directed by robert day, released on january 23 of 1961 in the usa.
Adventures of a taxi driver 1976, confessions of a driving instructor 1976. The 1960 film two way stretch director robert day featured peter sellers as a cockney character akin to fletcher, bernard cribbins as a godber type and lionel jeffries as an officious warden, much like mackay. You see a lot of the same great actors with him, like bernard cribbins and lionel jeffries. While in prison and, finishing out his sentence along with the rest of his. Peter sellers, david lodge, bernard cribbins, wilfrid hydewhite, maurice denham, lionel jeffries, irene handl, liz fraser, beryl reid. Porridge was not the first time prison has been used as a situation for comedy.
This weeks movie, the list of adrian messenger has just ended. Cast stretch film offers two sided cling that allows the wrap to stay securely packaged. In two way stretch from 1960 and directed by robert day. When you need to hand wrap and you do not require an automated machine process, then hand grade rolls are the answer. Mar 25, 2018 two way stretch catches him somewhere in the middle. Such is the case today as we look at the 1960 british film two way. Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi. What you need to know to make worldclass stretch film.
Though sellers is disinclined to escape hes never been as. The performance and value of stretch film is completely dependent on proper manipulation, stretching and application of the film. Twoway stretch definition of twoway stretch by merriam. The pair had also starred in 1960s two way stretch, in which a. Peter sellers has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. Two way stretch is a film directed by robert day with peter sellers, david lodge, bernard cribbins, wilfrid hydewhite, year. Two way stretch 1960 movie clip not enough rocks to. Dodger lane sellers has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. Liz fraser, the british comic actress best known for her role in several of the bawdy carry on series of films in the 1960s, has died. Two way stretch 1960 movie clip not enough rocks to go. In two way stretch from 1960 and directed by robert day, the. Comments jail becomes a fun playground not too dissimilar from the rather jovial environs of hogans heroes in which convicts enjoy a rather cozy lifestyle, while management suffers from too much cranial bone matter and never catches on to being duped on a daily basis.
Tudor productions, john harvel prods, vale film prods. Mar 29, 20 as i grew in my film knowledge i discovered him in many other great films, including one of my all time favorites, dr. Sep 25, 2015 what you need to know to make worldclass stretch film originally titled heres what you need to know to make worldclass stretch film advances in materials, feedblockdie technologies, and winding can help processors develop more sophisticated caststretch products. While he had a terrific flair for roles in comedy films like two way stretch and the wrong arm of the law, he could be equally convincing in serious parts such as the nasty gang leader in that african western, the hellions. Two way stretch definition is a characteristic of some materials of being stretchable in two directions. If you drew them theyd look like a map of the underground.
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. Smedley aston production has everything lovers of classic. In two way stretch from 1960 and directed by robert day, the great peter sellers is dodger lane a wouldbe master criminal. While in prison and, finishing out his sentence along with the rest of his motleyband for the last caper they tried to pulloff, he thinks the crafty fellow that he is, that he has comeup with the perfect caper.
Overall, two way stretch is a comedy that can do no wrong in my eyes. Liz fraser, british star of comedy film series carry on. In the film, sellers arrives at battersea in another of his cars, a ferrari 250 gte. The film is then quickly cooled by a water filled chill roller and slit to size. Vedere two way stretch in film completo, acquisire two way stretch in hdtv progressive, scoprire two way stretch. Assistir filme two way stretch legendado, baixar filme two way stretch. Stretch wrapping stretch film and equipment atlantic. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices.
Two way stretch 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. By escaping the day before their release, then breaking back in again, they will have the perfect alibi when they rob a maharajahs palace of its diamonds they will seemingly never have left their cell. Two way stretch deserves the description, but it should be seen as praise rather than a putdown. Tough prison guard crout wilfrid hydewhite has reopened the quarry, cracking down on inmates jelly david lodge, lennie bernard cribbins and dodger peter sellers, which doesnt work out, in two way stretch, 1960. Twoway stretch the 1960 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. See all comments about this movie and its vehicles. Two way stretch 1960 robert day, peter sellers, david lodge. With only a few days sentence left, and the perfect alibi, what could possibly go wrong. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Just because you can pull from both sides of the fabric at once ie both sides of the selvedge doesnt make it a 2 way stretch. Of course im all right jack was a peter sellers movie, along with everyone else in british comedy that wasnt in this film, plus more that were like david lodge.