The Deadly Affair (1966)

Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Genre

drama film, spy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 95 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British intelligence officer investigates the apparent suicide of a Foreign Office employee. He uncovers a web of secrets and betrayal within the spy community.

tensemelancholicgrittyslow-burncerebralsuspensefulbleakintimate

What happens

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. As it is a Columbia Pictures production and Paramount owned the film rights to the name George Smiley, the central character is renamed Charles Dobbs; however, his police liaison Mendel and wife Ann's names are retained. Paramount had acquired the film rights to the Smiley character name when filming The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965). The soundtrack was composed by Quincy Jones, and the bossa nova theme song, "Who Needs Forever", was performed by Astrud Gilberto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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