The Deadly Affair (1967)
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59% of users liked it
(249 ratings)
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… More 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). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sidney Lumet
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 1, 1966 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Top-notch spy thriller for the thinking man.
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Cast
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James Mason
as Charles Dobbs
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Simone Signoret
as Elsa Fennan
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Maximilian Schell
as Dieter Frey
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Harriet Andersson
as Anna Dobbs
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Lynn Redgrave
as Virgin
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Harry Andrews
as Inspector Mendel
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Kenneth Haigh
as Bill Appleby
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Roy Kinnear
as Adam Scarr
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Max Adrian
as Adviser
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Robert Flemyng
as Samuel Fennan
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Corin Redgrave
as David
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David Warner
as Edward
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Michael Bryant
as Gaveston
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Paul Hardwick
as Young Mortimer
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Charles Kay
as Lightborn
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Timothy West
as Matrevis
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Les White
as Harek
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June Murphy
as Witch
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Frank Williams
as Second Witch
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John Dimech
as Waiter
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Julian Sherrier
as Waiter
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Petra Markham
as Daughter at Theater
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Dennis Shaw
as Landlord
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Maria Charlès
as Blonde
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Amanda Walker
as Brunette
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Sheraton Blount
as Eunice Scarr
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Janet Hargreaves
as Ticket Clerk
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Michael Brennan
as Barman
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Richard Steele
as Businessman
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Gertan Klauber
as Businessman
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Margaret Lacey
as Mrs. Bird
- Murray Brown
- David Quilter
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Leslie Sands
as Inspector
- Terence Sewards
- William Dysart
