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The Deadly Affair

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.

1967 |1h 55m |  Thriller, Mystery, Drama

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James Mason

Charles Dobbs

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Simone Signoret

Elsa Fennan

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Maximilian Schell

Dieter Frey

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Harriet Andersson

Ann Dobbs

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Harry Andrews

Inspector Mendel

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Kenneth Haigh

Bill Appleby

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Roy Kinnear

Adam Scarr

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Max Adrian

Morton - Adviser

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Lynn Redgrave

Virgin Bumpus

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Robert Flemyng

Samuel Fennan

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Leslie Sands

Inspector

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Corin Redgrave

David

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David Warner

Edward II (in Edward II)

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Timothy West

Matrvis (in Edward II)

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Stanley Lebor

Lancaster (in Edward II)

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Charles Kay

Lightborn (in Edward II)

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Michael Bryant

Gaveston (in Edward II)

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William Dysart

Nobleman (in Edward II)

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Frank Williams

Witch #2 (in Macbeth)

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Janet Hargreaves

Aldwych Theatre Tickey Clerk

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Petra Markham

Play Spectator

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Dido Plumb

Play Spectator

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Margaret Lacey

Mrs Bird

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Maria Charles

Blonde in Pub

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Amanda Walker

Brunette in Pub

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John Dimech

Serpentine Waiter

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Tom Bowman

Police Sergeant

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Ernie Rice

Tramp

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Victor Brooks

Cab Driver

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Status

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Language

English

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