The Double Man (1967 film)

The Double Man
Directed byFranklin J. Schaffner
Screenplay byAlfred Hayes
Frank Tarloff
Story byFrank Tarloff
Based onLegacy of a Spy
1958 novel
by Henry S. Maxfield
Produced byHal E. Chester
StarringYul Brynner
Britt Ekland
Clive Revill
Anton Diffring
Moira Lister
Lloyd Nolan
CinematographyDenys N. Coop
Edited byRichard Best
Music byErnie Freeman
Production
company
Albion Film Corp.
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 25 April 1967 (1967-04-25) (London, England)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Double Man is a 1967 British spy film directed by Franklin Schaffner, starring Yul Brynner. Britt Ekland, Clive Revill, Anton Diffring, Moira Lister, and Lloyd Nolan appear in support.

The 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. Brynner is a CIA agent investigating his son's fatal "accident": although he learns a few things from others, he slowly is convinced something else is happening and discovers a fiendish Russian plan.