by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The Strange Affair is a fragmentary "'60s" interpretation of a straightforward Bernard Toms novel. Michael York plays a rookie London policeman, appalled at the corruption surrounding him. He does not find comfort in the fact that his own superior (Jeremy Kemp) is just as crooked as the crooks. Susan George is the obligatory "mod" girl with whom York conducts a brief affair. Like many British films of its period, it seems more concerned with inducing pop-art headaches than simply telling its story.
characteristics
- Police-officer
- Scotland-Yard
- Detective
- Police-corruption
- Blackmail
- Frame-up
- Framed
- Drug-smuggler
- Drug-runner
- Sex
- Pornographer
- Pornography
