What if Austin Powers was a sad little man from Yorkshire?
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
Acting
Tom Courtenay's magnificent haplessness; Romy Schneider's effortless cool.
Writing
Clement and La Frenais' sharp, character-driven dialogue.
Director
Dick Clement
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
James Cossins
Jeffcot
James Maxwell
Rollo
Phyllida Law
Jean
Edward Hardwicke
Lambert
Ronald Lacey
Curtis
Frank Middlemass
Bruce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Otley (1968)