Character Relationship Map: The Double Man

Characters

• Dan Slater / Kalmar (played by Yul Brynner) — protagonist

  Assistant Deputy Director of Plans at CIA who investigates his son's suspicious death in the Alps. He is captured by Stasi, undergoes plastic surgery and vocal training to become a double agent named...

• Gina (played by Britt Ekland) — supporting

  A young woman working as an aide to a British jet setter who witnesses key details about her companion's death. She initially becomes a suspect in Slater's eyes but later helps Wheatley and Miller ide...

• Frank Wheatley (played by Clive Revill) — supporting

  A former MI-5 agent and Slater's old partner who now runs an international school. He struggles with PTSD but assists Slater's investigation, rescues him, and ultimately decides their fate by shooting...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Dan Slater / Kalmar → Frank Wheatley (Professional Former Partner) — Their former intelligence partnership shapes their tense reunion and later cooperation.

  The plot states that Wheatley was Slater's former MI-5 partner and that they investigate the death together in St. Anton.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Gina → Frank Wheatley (Alliance Cooperative Witness) — Gina and Wheatley cooperate to identify and rescue the genuine Slater.

  After Wheatley apologizes to Gina, she tells him about the figure in the cable car, and they organize the search with Miller.

• Dan Slater / Kalmar → Gina (Conflict Suspect And Investigator) — Slater initially treats Gina as a possible accomplice in the murder plot.

  Slater questions Gina about the cable-car journey and later accuses her of acting as bait in the boy's death.

Story Analysis

A CIA investigator uncovers a murder conspiracy and must survive an operation built around replacing him with his own replica.

Plot Progression

1. A Death In The Alps — Slater receives news of his son's death and travels to St. Anton. His reunion with Wheatley quickly becomes tense as he questions the official accident report.
2. Evidence Beneath The Snow — The discovery of the bloodied ski jacket turns suspicion into a murder investigation. Slater's argument with Wheatley exposes their opposed views of duty and emotional attachment.
3. The Farmhouse Trap — Gina supplies a clue about the men in the cable car, leading Slater and Wheatley to a farmhouse confrontation. Slater's suspicions then turn violently against Gina.
4. The Double Revealed — The operation is exposed as an identity substitution designed to place Kalmar inside the CIA. Meanwhile, the genuine Slater escapes disposal and races toward the mountain cable car station.
5. Judgment At The Summit — Gina's recognition reunites the investigators with the genuine Slater. At the mountain landing, the two apparent Slaters fight until Wheatley makes the fatal choice.