Main Cast: Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel, James Villiers, Leonard Rossiter
Release Year: 1969
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Gerald Arthur Otley (Tom Courtenay) is a British secret agent called in to investigate the murder of a suspected influence pedlar and document smuggler. He trails double agents and double martinis at a posh cocktail party before discovering the villains have the cooperation of top government officials in Parliament. Otley is pegged to masquerade as a possible defector to oust the criminal mastermind who plans to sell some stolen documents vital to national security to any enemy agent with the most money. Murder, blackmail and auto chases dominate the action as the femme fatale Imogen (Romy Schneider) first has Otley beaten up by her thugs before combining forces to go after the real villains in this confusing and sometimes funny spy yarn. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Freddie Jones - Phillip Proudfoot; James Bolam - Albert; Fiona Lewis - Lin; James Maxwell - Rollo; Edward Hardwicke - Lambert; Ronald Lacey - Curtis; Phyllida Law - Jean; Geoffrey Bayldon - Inspector Hewitt; Frank Middlemass - Bruce; Damian Harris - Miles; Robert Brownjohn - Paul; Maureen Toal - Landlady; Paul Angelis - Constable; Robin Askwith - 1st Kid; Jonathan Cecil - Young Man at Party; James Cossins - Jeffcock; Kenneth Cranham - 3rd Kid; Don McKillop - Police Driver; Peter Murray; Ken Parry - Businessman; John Savident; Norman Shelley; Sheila Steafel - Ground Stewardess; Marianne Stone; Kevin Bennett - 2nd Kid; Barry Fantoni - Larry; Robert Gillespie - Policeman; Katherine Parr - News Agent; Georgina Simpson - Young Girl at Party; Stella Tanner - Traffic Warden; Jimmy Young; David Kernan
Credit
Carmen Dillon - Art Director, Dominic Fulford - First Assistant Director, Dick Clement - Director, Richard Best - Editor, Carl Foreman - Executive Producer, Stanley Myers - Composer (Music Score), Don Partridge - Songwriter, Michael Morris - Makeup, Austin Dempster - Cinematographer, Carl Foreman - Producer, Bruce Cohn Curtis - Producer, Dick Clement - Screenwriter, Ian La Frenais - Screenwriter, Martin Waddell - Book Author
