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Born loser Gerald Otley (Tom Courtenay) is a freeloader living off the nearly exhausted kindness of friends and former lovers. One night, Otley is drunk and asleep when his host is murdered. The next morning, before the police arrive, he is kidnapped by a beautiful woman he met the night before (Romy Schneider) and her partner, who attempt to extract information from him but eventually determine he's clueless. Realizing he's in the midst of an espionage conspiracy and also wanted for murder, Otley stumbles from one near-crisis to another, incapable of distinguishing friend from foe, and unable to extricate himself. Set in swinging London, the story is propelled by Courtenay's charm and a sense of humor informed by the best of British spy films; co-written and directed by Dick Clement. Newly remastered.
Original Release
10/01/1968
US Release
10/01/1968
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Courtenay | Gerald Arthur Otley |
Romy Schneider | Imogen |
Alan Badel | Alec Hadrian |
James Villiers | Hendrickson |
Leonard Rossiter | Johnston / Johnson |
James Bolam | Albert |
Fiona Lewis | Lin |
Freddie Jones | Philip Proudfoot |
James Cossins | Jeffcock / Jeffcot |
James Maxwell | Rollo |
Directors
Writers
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Martin Waddell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Courtenay | Gerald Arthur Otley |
Romy Schneider | Imogen |
Alan Badel | Alec Hadrian |
James Villiers | Hendrickson |
Leonard Rossiter | Johnston / Johnson |
James Bolam | Albert |
Fiona Lewis | Lin |
Freddie Jones | Philip Proudfoot |
James Cossins | Jeffcock / Jeffcot |
James Maxwell | Rollo |
Edward Hardwicke | Lambert |
Ronald Lacey | Curtis |
Phyllida Law | Jean |
Geoffrey Bayldon | Superintendent Hewitt / Insp. Hewitt |
Frank Middlemass | Bruce |
Damian Harris | Miles |
Robert Brownjohn | Paul |
Maureen Toal | Landlady |
Barry Fantoni | Larry |
Bernard Sharpe | Tony |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Carl Foreman | Executive Producer |
Bruce Cohn Curtis | Producer |