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The Deadly Affair
1967 6.3 (88 votes) 1h 55m
Genres
Thriller Mystery Drama
Production Companies
Sidney Lumet Film Productions
Columbia Pictures

The Deadly Affair

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

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.

Key Crew

Director: Sidney Lumet

Screenplay: Paul Dehn

Producer: Sidney Lumet

Director of Photography: Freddie Young

Top Cast

James Mason
James Mason

Charles Dobbs

Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret

Elsa Fennan

Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell

Dieter Frey

Harriet Andersson
Harriet Andersson

Ann Dobbs

Harry Andrews
Harry Andrews

Inspector Mendel

Kenneth Haigh
Kenneth Haigh

Bill Appleby

Roy Kinnear
Roy Kinnear

Adam Scarr

Max Adrian
Max Adrian

Morton - Adviser

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