The Deadly Affair
“From the author of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"”
Overview
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.
Cast
(40)
James Mason
Charles Dobbs
Simone Signoret
Elsa Fennan
Maximilian Schell
Dieter Frey
Harriet Andersson
Ann Dobbs
Harry Andrews
Inspector Mendel
Kenneth Haigh
Bill Appleby
Roy Kinnear
Adam Scarr
Max Adrian
Morton - Adviser
Lynn Redgrave
Virgin Bumpus
Robert Flemyng
Samuel Fennan
Leslie Sands
Inspector
Corin Redgrave
David
David Warner
Edward II (in Edward II)
Timothy West
Matrvis (in Edward II)
Stanley Lebor
Lancaster (in Edward II)
Charles Kay
Lightborn (in Edward II)
Michael Bryant
Gaveston (in Edward II)
Jonathan Wales
Gurney (in Edward II)
Paul Hardwick
Young Mortimer (in Edward II)
Murray Brown
Nobleman (in Edward II)
William Dysart
Nobleman (in Edward II)
Peter Harrison
Nobleman (in Edward II)
Roger Jones
Nobleman (in Edward II)
David Quilter
Nobleman (in Edward II)
Terence Sewards
Nobleman (in Edward II)
Paul Starr
Nobleman (in Edward II)
June Murphy
Witch #1 (in Macbeth)
Frank Williams
Witch #2 (in Macbeth)
Rosemary Lord
Witch #3 (in Macbeth)
Janet Hargreaves
Aldwych Theatre Tickey Clerk
Kenneth Ives
Stage Hand
Juba Kennerley
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Petra Markham
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Patrick Halpin
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Leonard Llewellyn
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Patricia Payne
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James Payne
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Dido Plumb
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Pearl Prescod
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Robert Rowland
Usher
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Run
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