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The Deadly Affair

From the author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"

  • Movie
  • 1967
  • NR
  • 1h 55m

Directed by Sidney Lumet

6.3

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6.3 out of 10 from 98 votes

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Overview

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.

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Cast and crew

  • James Mason

    James MasonCharles Dobbs

  • Simone Signoret

    Simone SignoretElsa Fennan

  • Maximilian Schell

    Maximilian SchellDieter Frey

  • Harriet Andersson

    Harriet AnderssonAnn Dobbs

  • Harry Andrews

    Harry AndrewsInspector Mendel

  • Kenneth Haigh

    Kenneth HaighBill Appleby

  • Roy Kinnear

    Roy KinnearAdam Scarr

  • Max Adrian

    Max AdrianMorton - Adviser

  • Lynn Redgrave

    Lynn RedgraveVirgin Bumpus

  • Robert Flemyng

    Robert FlemyngSamuel Fennan

  • Leslie Sands

    Leslie SandsInspector

  • Corin Redgrave

    Corin RedgraveDavid

  • David Warner

    David WarnerEdward II (in Edward II)

  • Timothy West

    Timothy WestMatrvis (in Edward II)

  • Stanley Lebor

    Stanley LeborLancaster (in Edward II)

  • Charles Kay

    Charles KayLightborn (in Edward II)

  • Michael Bryant

    Michael BryantGaveston (in Edward II)

  • Jonathan WalesGurney (in Edward II)

Director
Sidney Lumet
Writer
Paul Dehn and John le Carré
Music
Quincy Jones
Cinematography
Freddie Young