The Affair (1995 film)

The Affair is a 1995 American romantic drama television film directed by Paul Seed and starring Courtney B. Vance as an African-American soldier in the United States Army who is deployed to England during World War II and has an affair with a British officer's wife, played by Kerry Fox.

The Affair
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Genre	Drama Romance
Screenplay by	Pablo Fenjves Bryan Goluboff
Story by	Pablo Fenjves Walter Bernstein
Directed by	Paul Seed
Starring	Courtney B. Vance Kerry Fox Leland Gantt Beatie Edney Ciarán Hinds Bill Nunn Ned Beatty
Music by	Christopher Gunning
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Harry Belafonte Colin Callender
Producers	John Smithson David M. Thompson
Cinematography	Ivan Strasburg
Editor	John Stothart
Running time	101 minutes[1]
Production companies	Black Tuesday Films HBO Pictures
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	October 14, 1995 (1995-10-14)

Cast

• Courtney B. Vance as Travis Holloway
• Kerry Fox as Maggie Leyland
• Ciarán Hinds as Edward Leyland
• Leland Gantt as Barrett
• Ned Beatty as Colonel Banning
• Bill Nunn as Sergeant Rivers
• Beatie Edney as Esther
• Fraser James as Sonny
• Adrian Lester as Ray
• Rory Jennings as David Leyland
• Nicholas Selby as Mr. Leyland
• Anna Cropper as Mrs. Leyland
• Rolf Saxon as Captain Marks
• Todd Boyce as Captain Carlson

Production

Many extras from the film were American Soldiers stationed at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, including AFJROTC from Lakenheath AHS.

Broadcast

The Affair aired on HBO on October 14, 1995. It was also broadcast on BBC One on December 3 of the same year.^[2]