Deadly Affair. The (Blu-ray)

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Starring: James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Harriet Anderson, Harry Andrews, Simone Signoret, Robert Flemyng, Kenneth Haigh, Roy Kinnear, June Murphy, Corin Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Leslie Sands, David Warner, Les White, Max Adrian
Contributors: Sidney Lumet, Paul Dehn, Quincy Jones, Freddie Young
Studio: Powerhouse Films
Genre: Modern Classic
Main Language: English
Region: Region A,B,C
Release Date: 25 May 2020
Originally Issued: 1967
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (12) Suitable for 12 years and over.
Run Time: 102 minutes

Description

Drama directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the novel 'Call for the Dead' by John le Carré. Charles Dobbs (James Mason) is a British intelligence officer who is sent to investigate an anonymous letter sent to the Foreign Secretary accusing a key officer, Samuel Fennan (Robert Flemyng), of communist affiliation. When Fennan commits suicide Dobbs begins to suspect that his wife, a concentration camp survivor, may hold the key to his despair.

But the Foreign Office wants to drop the case so Dobbs hires soon-to-retire Detective Inspector Mendel (Harry Andrews) to delve further into the circumstances behind Fennan 's death - which turn out to be more sinister than Dobbs could have imagined.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Commentary: Michael Brooke, Johnny Mains (film historians)
• Other Documentary: 'The National Film Theatre Lecture with James Mason' (1967), 'The Guardian Lecture with Sidney Lumet' (1983), 'A Different Kind of Spy: Paul Dehn's Deadly Affair', 'Take One and Move On', 'Lumet's London'