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5.8/10   112 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Dick Clement (screenplay) and
Ian La Frenais (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
October 1968 (UK) more
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Plot:
Gerald Otley, a petty thief and garbage rummager, wakes up one morning, after a drunken night on the town... more | add synopsis
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So-so spy spoof more (6 total)

Cast

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Tom Courtenay ... Gerald Arthur Otley
Romy Schneider ... Imogen
Alan Badel ... Sir Alex Hadrian
James Villiers ... Hendrickson
Leonard Rossiter ... Johnson
Freddie Jones ... Philip Proudfoot
Fiona Lewis ... Lin
James Bolam ... Albert
James Cossins ... Geffcock
James Maxwell ... Rollo
Edward Hardwicke ... Lambert
Ronald Lacey ... Curtis
Phyllida Law ... Jean
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Insp. Hewett
Frank Middlemass ... Bruce
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Runtime:
91 min
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Colour (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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3 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
So-so spy spoof, 27 January 2002
Author: sibisi73 from United Kingdom

One of the hundreds of spy movies that turned up in the wake of the Bond phenomenon in the Sixties, 'Otley' is an insignificant example of the genre. Not quite sure if it is a full-blown spoof, or a light-hearted spy caper, it ends up being neither. It's basis seems to be the antithesis of the Bond films, and the other big budget espionage thrillers of the time, with much of the emphasis being on the mundane. There are lots of moments with government agents and assassins making tea, and looking after the children, and very little in the way of explosions and hi-tech gadgetry. Actually, this is quite a nice touch, which benefits from Tom Courtenay's 'lad-about-town' performance. Fairly diverting for an afternoon's viewing, but hardly a classic.

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