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Bookmark this pageThe Deadly Affair (1966)
Director: Sidney Lumet
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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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