{"id":91,"date":"2006-03-27T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T21:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91"},"modified":"2021-09-21T23:07:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T06:07:33","slug":"deadly-affair-the-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Affair, The (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Then I may take it that his suicide &#8212; and of course his letter &#8212; came as a complete surprise to you?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen British agent Charles Dobbs (James Mason) and Inspector Mendel (Harry Andrews) investigate the murder of an ex-Communist government official, they suspect that the victim&#8217;s wife (Simone Signoret) may know more than she&#8217;s revealing. Meanwhile, Dobbs has troubles of his own at home, when he discovers that his nymphomaniac wife (Harriet Andersson) has had an affair with a colleague (Maximilian Schell).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cold War<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Harry Andrews Films<\/li>\n<li>James Mason Films<\/li>\n<li>Lynn Redgrave Films<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Maximilian Schell Films<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Sidney Lumet Films<\/li>\n<li>Simone Signoret Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe performances by Mason, Andrews, and Signoret are wonderful in this otherwise dreary, character-driven spy flick, based on the novel by John le Carre. Peary lauds the film as &#8220;gripping&#8221; and &#8220;expertly directed&#8221;, but I find it unduly depressing &#8212; primarily due to the distracting subplot about Mason&#8217;s marital difficulties. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2-1536x842.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason2.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Mason&#8217;s interactions with Andersson posit him as more complex and <em>human<\/em>, thus allowing him to display a wider range of emotions &#8212; indeed, as Peary notes, the film is notable for presenting a realistic contrast to the suave, romantic existence of James Bond; being a spy doesn&#8217;t come across as particularly appealing, glamorous, or romantically satisfying. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Mason as Dobbs (Peary nominates Mason&#8217;s performance as one of the best of the year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason-1536x828.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Mason.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harry Andrews as Inspector Mendel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews-1536x826.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Andrews.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Simone Signoret as the murdered official&#8217;s wife<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret-1536x833.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-Signoret.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective use of gloomy London locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2-1536x826.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Deadly-Affair-London2.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for the fine performances. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0061556\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1967\/01\/27\/archives\/screen-deadly-affairmason-stars-in-movie-based-on-carre-novel.html\">NY Times Original Review <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Then I may take it that his suicide &#8212; and of course his letter &#8212; came as a complete surprise to you?&#8221; Synopsis: When British agent Charles Dobbs (James Mason) and Inspector Mendel (Harry Andrews) investigate the murder of an ex-Communist government official, they suspect that the victim&#8217;s wife (Simone Signoret) may know more than she&#8217;s revealing. Meanwhile, Dobbs has troubles of his own at home, when he discovers that his nymphomaniac wife (Harriet Andersson) has had an affair with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=91\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76356,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/76356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}