Otley (Original title)
Date: 1968 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Dick Clement
Synopsis: Comedy. Not-altogether honest antique dealer in the Portobello Road market is mistaken by various intelligence agencies for being a master spy.
Genre: Crime
Subject: Espionage
Releases
Date: 1968Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8172 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Variety - 22 Jan 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v38 n3 Summer 1969 Page: Summer 158
Title: [Sight and Sound - v38 n3 Summer 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3215 24 May 1969 Page: 21
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3215 24 May 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v15 n10 July 1969 Pages: 39-40
Title: [Films and Filming - v15 n10 July 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9676 23 May 1969 Page: 12
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9676 23 May 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v204 n29 30 Jan 1969 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v204 n29 30 Jan 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v36 n426 July 1969 Page: 142
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v36 n426 July 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3156 6 Apr 1968 Page: 14
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3156 6 Apr 1968: no known title]Language: English
Description: Prod.notes.
In: The Daily Cinema n9493 6 Mar 1968 Page: 13
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9493 6 Mar 1968: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Author: WADDELL, Martin Pages: 166p
Description: Original novel on which the film was based.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4939 FeetStock date: 1968BFI identifier: C-232885
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4939 FeetStock date: 1968BFI identifier: C-232885
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8550 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-232886
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8164 FeetStock date: 1968BFI identifier: C-232884
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status (servicing required)
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-232887
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-232888
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 1968 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Dick Clement
Synopsis: Comedy. Not-altogether honest antique dealer in the Portobello Road market is mistaken by various intelligence agencies for being a master spy.
Genre: Crime
Subject: Espionage
Releases
Date: 1968Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8172 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(40)
©: Bruce Cohn Curtis Films Ltd., Bruce Cohn Curtis' production: Bruce Cohn Curtis, Production Company: Open Road Films, Production Company: Highroad Productions, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Carl Foreman, Executive Producer: Carl Foreman, Produced by: Bruce Cohn Curtis, Production Manager: Basil Rayburn, Production Controller: Hugh Perceval, Location Manager: Richard Gill, Assistant Director: Dominic Fulford, Continuity: Eileen Head, Casting Director: Irene Lamb, Screenplay by: Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement, Based on the novel 'Otley' by: Martin Waddell, Photographed by: Austin Dempster, Additional Photography: Brian West, Camera Operator: Freddie Cooper, Film Editor: Richard Best, Assistant Editor: Denis Whitehouse, Art Director: Carmen Dillon, Assistant Art Director: Paul Huson, Russell Hagg, Wardrobe Supervisor: Jean Fairlie, Mr Courtenay's C.I.A. Suit by: Cecil Gee of London, Make-up: Michael Morris, Assistant Make-up: Stella Morris, Hairdresser: Joyce James, Titles Designed by: Paul Huson, 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 Recordist: Peter Davies, John Cox, Sound Editor: William Trent, [Unit Publicist]: Geoffrey Freeman
Cast
(40)
Tom Courtenay (Gerald Arthur Otley), Romy Schneider (Imogen), Alan Badel (Sir Alec Hadrian), James Villiers (Hendrickson), Leonard Rossiter (Johnston), Freddie Jones (Proudfoot), James Bolam (Albert), Fiona Lewis (Lin), James Cossins (Jeffcock), James Maxwell (Rollo), Edward Hardwicke (Eric Lambert), Ronald Lacey (Curtis), Phyllida Law (Jean), Geoffrey Bayldon (Hewitt), Frank Middlemass (Bruce), Damian Harris (Miles), Robert Brownjohn (Paul), Maureen Toal (landlady), Barry Fantoni (Larry), The Herd (band at Buckingham Palace), Bernard Sharpe (Tony), Paul Angelis (constable), David Kernan (ground steward), Sheila Steafel (ground stewardess), Ron Owen (hotel waiter), Stella Tanner (traffic warden), Jonathan Cecil (young man at party), Georgina Simpson (young girl at party), Norman Shelley (1st businessman), John Savident (2nd businessman), Ken Parry (3rd businessman), Robin Askwith (1st kid), Kevin Bennett (2nd kid), Kenneth Cranham (3rd kid), Robert Gillespie (policeman), Don McKillop (police driver), Jimmy Young, Pete Murray (heard on radio), Marianne Stone (woman at party), Kenji Takaki (Oriental masseur)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(9)
In: Variety 22 Jan 1969 Page: 6Title: [Variety - 22 Jan 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v38 n3 Summer 1969 Page: Summer 158
Title: [Sight and Sound - v38 n3 Summer 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3215 24 May 1969 Page: 21
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3215 24 May 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v15 n10 July 1969 Pages: 39-40
Title: [Films and Filming - v15 n10 July 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9676 23 May 1969 Page: 12
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9676 23 May 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v204 n29 30 Jan 1969 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v204 n29 30 Jan 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v36 n426 July 1969 Page: 142
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v36 n426 July 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3156 6 Apr 1968 Page: 14
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3156 6 Apr 1968: no known title]Language: English
Description: Prod.notes.
In: The Daily Cinema n9493 6 Mar 1968 Page: 13
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9493 6 Mar 1968: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: OtleyAuthor: WADDELL, Martin Pages: 166p
Description: Original novel on which the film was based.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4939 FeetStock date: 1968BFI identifier: C-232885
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(5)
Description: Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 4939 FeetStock date: 1968BFI identifier: C-232885
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8550 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-232886
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8164 FeetStock date: 1968BFI identifier: C-232884
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status (servicing required)
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-232887
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-232888
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status