The Deadly Affair (1966)
Director: Sidney Lumet
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
The usual John Le Carré net of intrigue, betrayal and death (based on his Call for the Dead) as Mason's Foreign Office security inspector investigates a colleague's suicide and finds himself under threat from an espionage ring. Lumet handles the atmosphere and performances with solid professionalism, and manages to tease out emotional strands from the knotty plotting; but there's no denying it's all been done before and since, even if rarely so efficiently.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Sidney Lumet
Producer: Sidney Lumet
Cast: James Mason, Simone Signoret, Maximilian Schell, Harriet Andersson, Harry Andrews, Kenneth Haigh, Roy Kinnear, Max Adrian, Lynn Redgrave full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 107 mins
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