The Strange Affair *** (1968, Michael York, Jeremy Kemp, Jack Watson, George A Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 8836

Director David Greene’s 1968 British crime thriller The Strange Affair stars Michael York, who has a strange role as rookie copper PC Peter Strange, a young metropolitan policeman whose honesty is tested when he comes up against a corrupt superior, detective sergeant Pierce (Jeremy Kemp), in a difficult, problematic case of drug smuggling.

Pierce (Kemp) wants Strange (York) to plant drug evidence to convict the obviously guilty, particularly London mob boss Quince (Jack Watson), leading Strange (York) into very deep water, especially when he falls for an under-aged girl and is compromised by a pair of pornographers.

Michael York stars in The Strange Affair (1968).

Director Greene turns in a brutal, fairly exciting Swinging London thriller, souped-up as a typical Sixties romp with sex kitten Susan George as Frederika ‘Fred’ March, a young porn star in a seedy game run by her relatives.

Stanley Mann scripted from Bernard Tom’s novel between his notable attempts at Shakespeare for Franco Zeffirelli in Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet, both of which featured Michael York.

Also in the cast are George A Cooper, Barry Fantoni, Artro Morris, Nigel Davenport, Madge Ryan, George Benson, George Selway, Michael Gover, Terence de Marney, Rita Webb, Patrick Newell, Richard Warner, Richard Vanstone, Richard Pearson, Jeremy Wilkin, Patrick Connor, George Ghent and David Glaisyer.

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