A Dandy in Aspic / The Deadly Affair

A DANDY IN ASPIC, 1968, Sony Repertory, 107 min. Director Anthony Mann died unexpectedly during production and star Laurence Harvey finished filming this twisty maze of spy thrills. Harvey is marked for death by both the British and Russians, when his UK masters assign him to eliminate the Soviet mole in their network – himself! With Tom Courtenay, Mia Farrow, Peter Cook, Per Oscarsson and Lionel Stander.

THE DEADLY AFFAIR, 1966, Sony Repertory, 107 min. Sidney Lumet directed this tough espionage tale, adapted from John le Carré’s Call For The Dead, focusing on a British agent (James Mason) investigating a diplomat’s suicide. Complicating matters is Mason’s promiscuous wife (Harriet Andersson), but he gets help from retired police officer, Harry Andrews. Simone Signoret is the dead man’s widow. With Maximillian Schell.