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63% Critic Match
The Deadly Affair
“From the author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"”
6.3 / 10• 1967• 1h 55m•NR• English
ThrillerMysteryDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
James Mason
Charles Dobbs
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sidney Lumet's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Deadly Affair is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
