The Deadly Affair (1966)

The Deadly Affair (1966) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1966 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Sidney Lumet

Written By:
John le Carré
Paul Dehn

Actors:
James Mason ..... Charles Dobbs
Simone Signoret ..... Elsa Fennan
Maximilian Schell ..... Dieter Frey
Harriet Andersson ..... Ann Dobbs
Harry Andrews ..... Insp. Mendel
Kenneth Haigh ..... Bill Appleby
Roy Kinnear ..... Adam Scarr
Max Adrian ..... Adviser (Marlene Dietrich)
Lynn Redgrave ..... '
Robert Flemyng ..... Samuel Fennan
Leslie Sands ..... Inspector

Synopsis:

John LeCarre's Call for the Dead was the basis for this gloomy, complex spy story. James Mason plays a British secret agent puzzled by the sudden suicide of Foreign Office higher-up Robert Flemyng. Mason had worked on Flemyng's security clearance himself, and can't fathom what personality quirk he might have missed. The agent suspects that the dead man's wife (Simone Signoret), a concentration camp survivor, may hold the answer to Flemyng's despair, but the Foreign Office wants Mason to drop the case. Mason hires retiring Inspector Harry Andrews to do some private detective work. What Mason and Andrews find out is more insidious than they've imagined; worse, Mason is saddled with a new dilemma--his wife (Harriet Andersson) has been unfaithful with a colleague (Maximillian Schell). The Deadly Affair is not for the spell-things-out James Bond crowd, but those willing to stick with it will find the experience rewarding, if ultimately depressing.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 19 October, 2020.