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The Deadly Affair (1967) [NR]

Release Date:
January 26, 1967

Original Title:
The Deadly Affair

Alternate Titles:
Llamada para el muerto
M.15 demande protection
Smrtelný případ
Ölümcül Münasibət
Смъртоносна афера

Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Sidney Lumet Film Productions

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 15|12  IE: 15A  US: NR 

Runtime: 115

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
John Howell

Assistant Director:
Ted Sturgis

Associate Producer:
Denis O'Dell

Camera Operator:
Brian West

Casting:
James Liggat

Costume Design:
Cynthia Tingey

Director:
Sidney Lumet

Director of Photography:
Freddie Young

Editor:
Thelma Connell

Focus Puller:
Kenneth J. Withers

Gaffer:
Jock Napper

Hairstylist:
Betty Glasow

Makeup Artist:
Jill Carpenter

Novel:
John le Carré

Original Music Composer:
Quincy Jones

Producer:
Sidney Lumet

Property Buyer:
Percy Godbold

Screenplay:
Paul Dehn

Set Dresser:
Pamela Cornell

Sound Editor:
Chris Greenham

Sound Recordist:
Gerry Humphreys
Les Hammond

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