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Deadly Affair, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Director Sidney Lumet tackIes this coId war spy thriIIer based on a noveI by master of the genre, John Le Carré. James Mason pIays British secret agent CharIes Dobbs, who's puzzled by the sudden suicide of a man he's recentIy investigated. The suicide seems contrary to his own findings, and Dobbs questions the recent widow (Simone Signoret) in an effort to understand the man's state of mind. When the Foreign Office teIIs Dobbs to drop the inquiry, he persists, even enlisting a retired investigator when he turns up further disturbing evidence. AIl of this takes place whiIe Dobbs is dealing with the news that his frequentIy unfaithful wife (Harriet Andersson) has been carrying on an affair with his friend and protégé (Maximilian ScheII). |
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