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The Deadly Affair (1967)

NR ★ 6.3/10 115 min Thriller, Mystery, Drama United Kingdom English
Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenplay by: Paul Dehn
Novel: John le Carré
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From the author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"

Description

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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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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