Character Relationship Map: Top Line

Characters

• Ted Angelo (played by Franco Nero) — protagonist

  Ted is a writer whose alcoholism and declining career lead his publisher and ex-wife, Maureen, to fire him during a research trip to Cartagena. After discovering a Spanish ship inside a UFO, he surviv...

• June (played by Deborah Moore) — supporting

  June is a young art historian and former colleague of Alonso. She helps Ted investigate the ship and UFO, and stands by him through assassination attempts and the pursuit that follows. When Maureen re...

• Maureen De Havilland (played by Mary Stavin) — supporting

  Maureen is Ted's ex-wife and publisher, and she fires him while he is researching in Cartagena. After Ted and June ask for help, she travels to Colombia to rescue them. She reveals herself as an alien...

• Heinrich Holzmann (played by George Kennedy) — supporting

  Heinrich is an antiquarian and National Socialist fugitive whom Alonso suggests as a possible buyer for the discoveries. Ted later faces assassination attempts from him while investigating the ship an...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Ted Angelo → Maureen De Havilland (Family Former Spouses) — Their former marriage remains relevant to Ted's search for help.

  The plot identifies Maureen as Ted's ex-wife, and Ted later asks her to come to Colombia to rescue him and June.

Story Dynamics

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

• June → Heinrich Holzmann (Conflict Shared Adversary) — June and Heinrich are connected through Heinrich's pursuit of Ted.

  June aids Ted while Ted escapes assassination attempts involving Heinrich, placing them on opposing sides of the same threat.

• Ted Angelo → Heinrich Holzmann (Conflict Potential Buyer And Threat) — A possible commercial contact becomes a dangerous pursuer.

  Heinrich is suggested as a potential buyer for the recovered artifacts, but Ted later escapes assassination attempts by him.

• June → Maureen De Havilland (Conflict Defender And Threat) — June directly confronts Maureen to protect Ted.

  June shoots Maureen dead after Maureen reveals her alien identity and attempts to kill Ted.

• Ted Angelo → June (Alliance) — Ted and June become survival partners while investigating the alien artifact.

  June aids Ted after the assassination attempts, and they work together to convince Maureen to come to Colombia and rescue them.

Story Analysis

A struggling writer uncovers an extraterrestrial conspiracy while surviving political, criminal, and personal betrayal.

Plot Progression

1. The Failed Expedition — Ted arrives in Cartagena to research pre-Columbian civilizations while facing alcoholism, a declining career, and dismissal by Maureen. His discovery of sixteenth-century artifacts creates a new oppor...
2. The Mountain Secret — A murdered merchant and a fisherman-dealer lead Ted toward a mountain cave. Inside, he finds the Spanish ship and learns that the cave is actually a crashed UFO.
3. Pursued For The Scoop — June helps Ted survive threats connected to the artifacts and Heinrich. Ted's attempt to film the discovery collapses when the crew is exposed as undercover CIA operatives.
4. The Alien Pursuit — Ted considers contacting the Soviet embassy but discovers that the KGB is already involved. He and June summon Maureen while facing a cyborg assassin whose pursuit ends when a bull destroys it.
5. Skin Of The Deception — Maureen arrives and reveals that she is an alien who has infiltrated human society. She attacks Ted, June kills her, and the pair hide while Ted continues documenting the truth.