The Deadly Affair
1967 film by Sidnet Lumet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Deadly Affair is a 1967 British spy film based on John le Carré's first novel, Call for the Dead (1961). The film stars James Mason and was directed by Sidney Lumet from a script by Paul Dehn.
The Deadly Affair | |
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Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
Written by | Paul Dehn |
Produced by | Sidney Lumet |
Starring | James Mason |
Cinematography | Freddie Young |
Edited by | Thelma Connell |
Music by | Quincy Jones |
Production company | Sidney Lumet Film Productions |
Distributed by | British Lion-Columbia (UK) Columbia Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 115 minutes (UK) 107 minutes (US) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.4 million[1] |
As it is a Columbia Pictures production and Paramount owned the film rights to the name George Smiley, the central character is renamed Charles Dobbs; however, his police liaison Mendel and wife Ann's names are retained. Paramount had acquired the film rights to the Smiley character name when filming The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965).[2]
The soundtrack was composed by Quincy Jones, and the bossa nova theme song, "Who Needs Forever", was performed by Astrud Gilberto.