The Deadly Affair (1967)

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From the author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"

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.

• Released: 1967-01-26
• Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 55m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 96 votes

Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Top cast

• James Mason as Charles Dobbs
• Simone Signoret as Elsa Fennan
• Maximilian Schell as Dieter Frey
• Harriet Andersson as Ann Dobbs
• Harry Andrews as Inspector Mendel
• Kenneth Haigh as Bill Appleby
• Roy Kinnear as Adam Scarr
• Max Adrian as Morton - Adviser
• Lynn Redgrave as Virgin Bumpus
• Robert Flemyng as Samuel Fennan

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Where to watch The Deadly Affair

• United States: stream on fuboTV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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