Dan Slater / Kalmar (played by Yul Brynner) is a protagonist in The Double Man.
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 Kalmar, and is later forced to fight his own replica to prove his identity. Gina (played by Britt Ekland) appears in The Double Man.
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 identify the real Dan Slater during the climax at the cable car station. Frank Wheatley (played by Clive Revill) appears in The Double Man.
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 the imposter during the final confrontation.
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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...
Key Relationships
Frank Wheatley → Gina
(Alliance Co-investigators)
Dan Slater / Kalmar → Dan Slater / Kalmar
(Meta Identity Double)
Dan Slater / Kalmar → Gina
(Professional Interrogator & Informant)
Dan Slater / Kalmar → Frank Wheatley
(Professional Former Partners)
Story Analysis
A CIA officer's quest to uncover his son's murder unravels a Stasi plot to replace him with a surgically altered double.
Plot Progression
The Stasi Infiltration Scheme
Suspicion and Investigation
The Imposter Revealed
Mountain Confrontation and Resolution
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
The Double Man (1967) · 6.3/10 · mystery, thriller
