The End of the Affair is a 1955 British-American drama romance film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on Graham Greene's 1951 novel of the same name.

The film stars Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills and Peter Cushing.

Sarah, who "is out at all hours" returns home soaking wet, and is vague and detached with both of them.

Parkis has the bottom of a discarded note in Sarah's handwriting that reads "nothing matters except that we should be together, now and forever."

She writes a love letter, records it in the diary and tears it up, creating the scrap of paper Parkis found.

She tells her friend, Richard Smythe, that she is going back to Maurice because she believes that God will love her even if she breaks her vow.

Just give me a little time..."[2] The script was written by Lenore Coffee, who like Graham Greene was a late convert to Catholicism.

I opened with the ending, the separation—after they had already stopped seeing each other—and then I backtracked to show what led to the separation.

[3]The New York Times’ Bosley Crowther had harsh words for Lenore Coffee’s adaptation of the novel.

Miss Kerr is ideal for the lady and Van Johnson is apt for the man.

Peter Cushing as the lady's cryptic husband and John Mills as a jaunty private-eye are also exceedingly potential in the only other fair-size roles.

But the story just is not articulate, so no matter how diligently and well Edward Dmytryk has directed, it all comes out cluttered and cold.