Otley

Otley

1968

A bumbling, accident-prone man becomes caught up in a Cold War espionage plot entirely against his will, mistaken for a secret agent and dragged from one misadventure to another across London. Tom Courtenay stars in this 1968 British spy comedy-thriller.

Director

  • Dick Clement

Cast

  • Tom Courtenay
  • Romy Schneider
  • Alan Badel
  • James Villiers
  • Leonard Rossiter
  • Freddie Jones
  • Fiona Lewis
  • James Bolam
  • Phyllida Law

Filming Locations

  • Gatwick Airport

    Gatwick Airport was used for the scene in which Otley wakes up beside the runway and attempts to buy a Sunday newspaper inside the terminal, a key plot point as he discovers a day has gone missing.

  • Pimlico

    Pimlico was among the London locations used for the spy comedy thriller, with the area's streets providing location backdrops for the film's chase sequences and street scenes involving Tom Courtenay's hapless antiques dealer Gerald Otley.