The Deadly Affair

Synopsis

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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Cast

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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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  Jonathan Wales
  Gurney (in Edward II)