Directed by:
Dick ClementCinematography:
Austin DempsterComposer:
Stanley MyersCast:
Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel, Freddie Jones, Fiona Lewis, Leonard Rossiter, James Villiers, James Bolam, Edward Hardwicke, Ronald Lacey (more)Plots(1)
Born loser Gerald Otley (Tom Courtenay) is a freeloader living off the nearly exhausted kindness of friends and former lovers. One night, Otley is drunk and asleep when his host is murdered. The next morning, before the police arrive, he is kidnapped by a beautiful woman he met the night before (Romy Schneider) and her partner, who attempt to extract information from him but eventually determine he's clueless. Realizing he's in the midst of an espionage conspiracy and also wanted for murder, Otley stumbles from one near-crisis to another, incapable of distinguishing friend from foe, and unable to extricate himself. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Tom Courtenay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054991_c88d7a.jpg)
Tom Courtenay
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Dresser (1983)
King Rat (1965)
![Romy Schneider](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087086_191dd6.jpg)
Romy Schneider
German Empire
Best movies:
La Belle et l'empereur (1959)
The Old Gun (1975)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
![Alan Badel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465118_112e78.jpg)
Alan Badel
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Shogun (1980) (series)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Freddie Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159952_fa26cf.jpg)
Freddie Jones
UK
Best movies:
L'Homme éléphant (1980)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
The Last Butterfly (1990)
![Fiona Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/974/165974295_ed1891.jpg)
Fiona Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Innerspace (1987)
Joanna (1968)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
![Leonard Rossiter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/125/160125790_1658f8.jpg)
Leonard Rossiter
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
King Rat (1965)
![James Villiers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165037_e3e6fb.jpg)
James Villiers
UK
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Follow Me! (1972)
![James Bolam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/739/159739559_b47a98.jpg)
James Bolam
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Island on Bird Street (1997)
![Edward Hardwicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272615_2b788d.jpg)
Edward Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Othello (1965)
![Ronald Lacey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416804_a36f8f.jpg)
Ronald Lacey
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
![Phyllida Law](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141885_081822.jpg)
Phyllida Law
UK
Best movies:
Before the Rain (1994)
The Winter Guest (1997)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Geoffrey Bayldon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098601_cef62b.jpg)
Geoffrey Bayldon
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Robin Askwith
UK
Best movies:
If.... (1968)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
U-571 (2000)
![Kenneth Cranham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/343/163343131_750edb.png)
Kenneth Cranham
UK
Best movies:
Guerre et paix (2016) (series)
Valkyrie (2008)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
![Marianne Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442695_081d99.jpg)
Marianne Stone
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
James Cossins
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Follow Me! (1972)
![Aileen Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375901_b39009.jpg)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)
![Frank Middlemass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379299_566795.jpg)
Frank Middlemass
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997) (series)
![John Savident](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392297_c2591b.jpg)
John Savident
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Remains of the Day (1993)