The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair (1967)

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

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.

Date of release
1967-01-26
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (97)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Director
Sidney Lumet

Casting

  • James Mason — Charles Dobbs
  • Simone Signoret — Elsa Fennan
  • Maximilian Schell — Dieter Frey
  • Harriet Andersson — Ann Dobbs
  • Harry Andrews — Inspector Mendel
  • Kenneth Haigh — Bill Appleby
  • Roy Kinnear — Adam Scarr
  • Max Adrian — Morton - Adviser
  • Lynn Redgrave — Virgin Bumpus
  • Robert Flemyng — Samuel Fennan
  • Leslie Sands — Inspector
  • Corin Redgrave — David

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