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ERA
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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Cast
Tom Courtenay
Gerald Arthur Otley
Romy Schneider
Imogen
Alan Badel
Alec Hadrian
James Villiers
Hendrickson
Leonard Rossiter
Johnson
James Bolam
Albert
Fiona Lewis
Lin
Freddie Jones
Philip Proudfoot
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Dick Clement
- Writers
- Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Dick Clement, shot by Austin Dempster. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Stanley Myers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Richard Best shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Tom Courtenay and Romy Schneider and Alan Badel carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0064775 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Dick Clement directs. Austin Dempster behind the camera. Stanley Myers scores. Richard Best cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 157 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Directed by Dick Clement, shot by Austin Dempster. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Stanley Myers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Richard Best shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Tom Courtenay and Romy Schneider and Alan Badel carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0064775 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 8Classified under 15 themes, including "double agent", "british spy", "female spy", "spy ring".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Austin Dempster
- Original score
- Stanley Myers
- Editing
- Richard Best
- Runtime
- 91 min · 1h 31m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Otley (1969)
Also by
Dick Clement
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- BR
Bruce Cohn Curtis Films Ltd.
Open Road Films
US
Key crew
- NovelMartin Waddell
- ProducerBruce Cohn Curtis
- Executive ProducerCarl Foreman
- EditorRichard Best
- CastingIrene Lamb
- Art DirectionCarmen Dillon
- Production ManagerBasil Rayburn
- Assistant DirectorDominic Fulford
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- double agent
- british spy
- female spy
- spy ring
- spies
- spy game
- counter-espionage
- woman spy
- spy comedy
- patsy
- covert assassin
- british espionage
- spy vs spy
- wrong place wrong time
- mistaken for a spy
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1969-03-11
