# Otley, one of those late 60s films about a likely lad who, through no fault of his own, gets mixed up in murder and intrigue and, rather than having a nervous breakdown like a real person, handles it with boyish charm and aplomb. Adapted from some guy's novel by Clement and la Frenais. Starring Tom Courtenay and everybody with an Equity card. Half an hour in there's already been Phyllida Law, Jimmy Bolam, Edward Hardwicke… Fur-lined jackets, Daimlers, bacon sarnies, canal barges, casual sexism and racism… Such a tonic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGAYikuzH3U #