Where to watch The Deadly Affair(1967)

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The Deadly Affair plot summary

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.

Details

Release date

January 26, 1967

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Country

United Kingdom

TMDB rating

6.3 / 10 · 97 votes

The Deadly Affair trailer

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Cast

• James MasonCharles Dobbs
• Simone SignoretElsa Fennan
• Maximilian SchellDieter Frey
• Harriet AnderssonAnn Dobbs
• Harry AndrewsInspector Mendel
• Kenneth HaighBill Appleby
• Roy KinnearAdam Scarr
• Max AdrianMorton - Adviser
• Lynn RedgraveVirgin Bumpus
• Robert FlemyngSamuel Fennan

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