The Deadly Affair
From the author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"
1967 | 115m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Sidney Lumet |
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| Writer: | Paul Dehn, John le Carré |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 26, 1967 |
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| Director: | Sidney Lumet |
| Writer: | Paul Dehn, John le Carré |
| Genres: | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | secret agent |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Sidney Lumet Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| James Mason | Charles Dobbs |
| 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 |
| Lynn Redgrave | Virgin Bumpus |
| Robert Flemyng | Samuel Fennan |
| Leslie Sands | Inspector |
| Corin Redgrave | David |
| David Warner | Edward II (in Edward II) |
| Timothy West | Matrvis (in Edward II) |
| Stanley Lebor | Lancaster (in Edward II) |
| Charles Kay | Lightborn (in Edward II) |
| Michael Bryant | Gaveston (in Edward II) |
| Jonathan Wales | Gurney (in Edward II) |
| Paul Hardwick | Young Mortimer (in Edward II) |
| Murray Brown | Nobleman (in Edward II) |
| William Dysart | Nobleman (in Edward II) |
| Peter Harrison | Nobleman (in Edward II) |
| Roger Jones | Nobleman (in Edward II) |
| David Quilter | Nobleman (in Edward II) |
| Terence Sewards | Nobleman (in Edward II) |
| Paul Starr | Nobleman (in Edward II) |
| June Murphy | Witch #1 (in Macbeth) |
| Frank Williams | Witch #2 (in Macbeth) |
| Rosemary Lord | Witch #3 (in Macbeth) |
| Janet Hargreaves | Aldwych Theatre Tickey Clerk |
| Kenneth Ives | Stage Hand |
| Juba Kennerley | Play Spectator |
| Petra Markham | Play Spectator |
| Patrick Halpin | Play Spectator |
| Leonard Llewellyn | Play Spectator |
| Patricia Payne | Play Spectator |
| James Payne | Play Spectator |
| Dido Plumb | Play Spectator |
| Pearl Prescod | Play Spectator |
| Robert Rowland | Usher |
| Sheraton Blount | Eunice Scarr |
| Margaret Lacey | Mrs Bird |
| Les White | Karel Harek aka Blondie |
| Michael Brennan | Wolfe - the Barman |
| Denis Shaw | Wolfe - Publican |
| Maria Charles | Blonde in Pub |
| Amanda Walker | Brunette in Pub |
| Fred Machon | Pub Patron |
| Peter Roy | Pub Patron |
| Andrew Andreas | Pub Waiter |
| Julian Sherrier | Serpentine Head Waiter |
| Gerry Judge | Serpentine Waiter |
| John Dimech | Serpentine Waiter |
| Gertan Klauber | Man at Zurich Airport |
| Harold Coyne | Man at Zurich Airport |
| Alan Gibbs | Man at Zurich Airport |
| Lew Hooper | Man at Zurich Airport |
| Ned Hood | Man at Zurich Airport |
| Dan Darnelli | Man at Zurich Airport |
| Ann Barrass | Woman at Zurich Airport |
| Bunny Seaman | Old Lady at Zurich Airport |
| Judy Keirn | Stewardess |
| Richard Steele | Businessman |
| Tom Bowman | Police Sergeant |
| Joe Wadham | Policeman |
| Colin McKenzie | Policeman |
| Ernie Rice | Tramp |
| Victor Brooks | Cab Driver |
| Arnold Schulkes | Passerby at Victoria Station |
| Martin Lyder | Passerby at Victoria Station |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Quincy Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Sidney Lumet | Director |
| James Liggat | Casting |
| Brian West | Camera Operator |
| Percy Godbold | Property Buyer |
| Ted Sturgis | Assistant Director |
| Les Hammond | Sound Recordist |
| Thelma Connell | Editor |
| Betty Glasow | Hairstylist |
| Chris Greenham | Sound Editor |
| Cynthia Tingey | Costume Design |
| Kenneth J. Withers | Focus Puller |
| Jock Napper | Gaffer |
| John Howell | Art Direction |
| Jill Carpenter | Makeup Artist |
| Pamela Cornell | Set Dresser |
| Gerry Humphreys | Sound Recordist |
| Paul Dehn | Screenplay |
| Freddie Young | Director of Photography |
| John le Carré | Novel |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sidney Lumet | Producer |
| Denis O'Dell | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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