Otley
Year:
1968
Production Country:
Great Britain
Comedy. Not-altogether honest antique dealer in the Portobello Road market is mistaken by various intelligence agencies for being a master spy. Screenplay by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Based on the novel by Martin Waddell.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Gerald Arthur Otley Tom Courtenay
- Imogen Romy Schneider
- Sir Alec Hadrian Alan Badel
- Hendrickson James Villiers
- Johnston Leonard Rossiter
- Proudfoot Freddie Jones
- Albert James Bolam
- Lin Fiona Lewis
- Jeffcock James Cossins
- Rollo James Maxwell
- Eric Lambert Edward Hardwicke
- Curtis Ronald Lacey
- Jean Phyllida Law
- Hewitt Geoffrey Bayldon
- Bruce Frank Middlemass
- Miles Damian Harris
- Paul Robert Brownjohn
- landlady Maureen Toal
- Larry Barry Fantoni
- band at Buckingham Palace The Herd
- Tony Bernard Sharpe
- constable Paul Angelis
- ground steward David Kernan
- ground stewardess Sheila Steafel
- hotel waiter Ron Owen
- traffic warden Stella Tanner
- young man at party Jonathan Cecil
- young girl at party Georgina Simpson
- 1st businessman Norman Shelley
- 2nd businessman John Savident
- 3rd businessman Ken Parry
- 1st kid Robin Askwith
- 2nd kid Kevin Bennett
- 3rd kid Kenneth Cranham
- policeman Robert Gillespie
- police driver Don McKillop
- heard on radio Jimmy Young
- heard on radio Pete Murray
- woman at party Marianne Stone
- Oriental masseur Kenji Takaki
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Dick Clement
- Assistant Director Dominic Fulford
- Continuity Eileen Head
Rights
Production
- Bruce Cohn Curtis' production Bruce Cohn Curtis Films
- Production Company Open Road Films
- Production Company Highroad Productions
- Presents Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Presents Carl Foreman
- Executive Producer Carl Foreman
- Produced by Bruce Cohn Curtis
- Production Manager Basil Rayburn
- Production Controller Hugh Perceval
- Location Manager Richard Gill
Casting
- Casting Director Irene Lamb
Writing
- Screenplay by Ian La Frenais
- Screenplay by Dick Clement
- Based on the novel 'Otley' by Martin Waddell
Photography
- Photographed by Austin Dempster
- Additional Photography Brian West
- Camera Operator Freddie Cooper
Editing
- Film Editor Richard Best
- Assistant Editor Denis Whitehouse
Design
- Art Director Carmen Dillon
- Assistant Art Director Paul Huson
- Assistant Art Director Russell Hagg
Costumes
- Wardrobe Supervisor Jean Fairlie
- Mr Courtenay's C.I.A. Suit by Cecil Gee
Make-up
- Make-up Michael Morris
- Assistant Make-up Stella Morris
- Hairdresser Joyce James
Titles
- Titles Designed by Paul Huson
Music
- Music Composed and Conducted by Stanley Myers
- Sings "Homeless Bones" (The Lament of Gerald Arthur Otley) Don Partridge
- ["Homeless Bones"] Music by Stanley Myers
- ["Homeless Bones"] Lyrics by Don Partridge
Sound
- Sound Recordist Peter T. Davies
- Sound Recordist John Cox
- Sound Editor Bill Trent
Publicity
- [Unit Publicist] Geoffrey Freeman