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The Double Man: Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. With Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive Revill, Anton Diffring. In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a double of its own.
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- Mystery, Thriller
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1968-05-01
The Double Man is a 1967 British spy film directed by Franklin Schaffner. Its plot is very loosely based on the critically acclaimed 1958 novel Legacy of a Spy by Henry S. Maxfield. As in the novel, much of the action takes place in the Austrian Alps.
Assistant Deputy Director Dan Slater of the CIA rushes from Washington DC to the Austrian ski resort of St. Anton when he learns that his sixteen year old son Robert Slater, who he has not seen in two years in his preoccupation with work, has died in a ski accident having fallen off a cliff.
In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a double of its own.
The key man to the most daring plot ever concocted by the secret agents of two worlds! In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a double of its own. Cast.
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- Albion Film Corp. (I), Warner Bros. Pictures
- Franklin J. Schaffner
The Double Man is a 1967 British spy film directed by Franklin Schaffner. Its plot is very loosely based on the critically acclaimed 1958 novel Legacy of a Spy by Henry S. Maxfield. As in the novel, much of the action takes place in the Austrian Alps.
Semi-rogue CIA man Slater (Yul Brynner), re-tracing the steps of his teenage son probably-murdered in an Alpine ski accident, finds Gina (Britt Ekland), a girl he probably pursued, the Soviet spy guy (Anton Diffring) also on the tram, in Franklin Schaffner's. Russian secret service officials attempts to kidnap a CIA officer and replace him with ...
