The Deadly Affair is a movie directed by Sidney Lumet in 1967 and based on the book A Deadly Affair by John le Carré, first published in 1962. The movie features James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Simone Signoret, Harriet Andersson, Harry Andrews, Kenneth Haigh, and others.
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Storyline
In 1960s London, Charles Dobbs is a staid MI5 operative investigating Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan, a former Communist who apparently commits suicide. Dobbs discovers this to be a lie, and as a result Dobbs suspects that Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi extermination camp, might have some clues regarding Fennan’s death.
Movie vs Book
Year
1967
Minutes
107
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Deadly Affair
Director: Sidney Lumet
Country: UK
Year: 1967
Length: 1h47m
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Year
1962
Pages
157
Book Rate
7.62
S: Goodreads
Book
A Deadly Affair
User polls & recommendations
“I feel the book is very respected and honored. The Daisy Jones & The Six adaptation is everything I wanted the book to be.”
TAYLOR JENKINS REID (Writer)
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