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Call for the Dead The Deadly Affair is one of the better John Le Carre screen adaptations. Based on 'Call For the Dead,' the title's not the only name change: though he's called Charles Dobbs here, James Mason is really George Smiley while Maximilian Schell's character also undergoes a name change from The Spy Who Came In from the Cold because Paramount still owned the character names. Shot in 1966, when Britain seemed to be closed due to bad weather (a look made even grimmer by Freddie Young pre-exposing the film stock to... more info
Flawed, but still an interesting adaptation of le Carre's Call for the Dead with James Mason as George Smiley, aka Charles Dobbs For an espionage thriller I like a lot, The Deadly Affair is also one of the most frustrating. The movie is based on John le Carre's first book, Call for the Dead. It introduced his readers to George Smiley. For some reason, in addition to changing the name of the book, director Sidney Lumet changed George Smiley to Charles Dobbs (James Mason). I'll continue to call him George Smiley. The story is how this aging British spy with a quiet manner and a shrewd mind finally learns the identity of an East German... more info
A Classic of its genre The Deadly Affair was made at the height of the British film spy genre. Perhaps because of its understated qualities it does not appear to have acquired a following. However I rate this film very highly. The quality of the acting from the ensemble is brilliant with tightly drawn characters and a great script.The soundtrack is fantastic with music by Quincy Jones (soundtrack now available on CD from Amazon with the soundtrack from the Pawnbroker). The opening sequence has a haunting song from Astrud Gilberto... more info
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