A Dandy in Aspic
1968
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Reviews 65% Audience Score 250+ Ratings English secret agent Charles Dobbs (James Mason) is shocked to discover that a government official whom he knew has committed suicide. Suspicious ...
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- Sidney Lumet
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
- James Mason
The Deadly Affair is a 1967 British spy film based on John le Carré's first novel, Call for the Dead (1961). The film stars James Mason and was directed by Sidney Lumet from a script by Paul Dehn.
Sidney Lumet's The Deadly Affair fields an outstanding cast of actors but the results are disappointing in this slow moving and passionless spy story that meanders sluggishly throughout. Special agent Charles Dobbs (James Mason) is stunned to find out a man he interviewed and gave clearance for a high security position has committed suicide.
Apr 7, 2022 · "The Deadly Affair", directed by Sidney Lumet, is the 1967 film based on John Le Carre's 1961 novel "Call for the Dead". Le Carre was riding high during the Bond-inspired Bond phenomenon of the 1960s.
Sep 14, 2012 · By Michael Sragow. September 14, 2012. An electric poignancy permeates this adaptation of John le Carré’s novella “Call for the Dead,” and its prime source is James Mason’s performance as a British...
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The Deadly Affair: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With James Mason, Simone Signoret, Maximilian Schell, Harriet Andersson. A British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employee's suicide.
Recent reviews. 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.
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