The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair

1967
1h 55m
6.2

6.2/10

92 votes • View on IMDb

"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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Sidney Lumet Film Productions Columbia Pictures
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 26, 1967
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0061556

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

Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave

Virgin Bumpus

Robert Flemyng
Robert Flemyng

Samuel Fennan

Leslie Sands
Leslie Sands

Inspector

Corin Redgrave
Corin Redgrave

David

Key Crew

Sidney Lumet
Director
Paul Dehn
Screenplay
Sidney Lumet
Producer