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The Deadly Affair (1967)

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.
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Sidney Lumet profile
Sidney Lumet

Director

Paul Dehn profile
Paul Dehn

Screenplay

Cast

James Mason profile
James Mason

Charles Dobbs

Simone Signoret profile
Simone Signoret

Elsa Fennan

Maximilian Schell profile
Maximilian Schell

Dieter Frey

Harriet Andersson profile
Harriet Andersson

Ann Dobbs

Harry Andrews profile
Harry Andrews

Inspector Mendel

Kenneth Haigh profile
Kenneth Haigh

Bill Appleby

Roy Kinnear profile
Roy Kinnear

Adam Scarr

Max Adrian profile
Max Adrian

Morton - Adviser

Lynn Redgrave profile
Lynn Redgrave

Virgin Bumpus

Robert Flemyng profile
Robert Flemyng

Samuel Fennan

Leslie Sands profile
Leslie Sands

Inspector

Corin Redgrave profile
Corin Redgrave

David

James Mason profile
James Mason

Charles Dobbs

Simone Signoret profile
Simone Signoret

Elsa Fennan

Maximilian Schell profile
Maximilian Schell

Dieter Frey

Harriet Andersson profile
Harriet Andersson

Ann Dobbs

Harry Andrews profile
Harry Andrews

Inspector Mendel

Kenneth Haigh profile
Kenneth Haigh

Bill Appleby

Roy Kinnear profile
Roy Kinnear

Adam Scarr

Max Adrian profile
Max Adrian

Morton - Adviser

Lynn Redgrave profile
Lynn Redgrave

Virgin Bumpus

Robert Flemyng profile
Robert Flemyng

Samuel Fennan

Leslie Sands profile
Leslie Sands

Inspector

Corin Redgrave profile
Corin Redgrave

David

Extra

Release Date

January 26, 1967

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Sidney Lumet Film Productions logoColumbia Pictures logo

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