The 2nd Annual British Invaders Blogathon: "The End of the Affair" (1955)
Theatrical release poster Directed by Edward Dmytryk, The End of the Affair (1955) centers on Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson), a rising American novelist living in London during World War II, ever since being honorably discharged from the army. While researching a project on civil servants, Maurice befriends the amiable but dull bureaucrat Henry Miles (Peter Cushing), who is married to the vivacious Sarah (Deborah Kerr). Smitten by her charms, Maurice begins a passionate affair with Sarah, while still maintaining a friendship with her unsuspecting husband, but is deeply suspicious and jealous of her life without him. While they are together in his apartment during an air raid, Maurice goes downstairs and is buried under the front door in an explosion. Regaining consciousness, he stumbles upstairs and finds Sarah kneeling by the bed, after which she abruptly departs. Unable to contact her over the next several days, Maurice believes Sarah used the bombing incident to brea...