Double Man DVD

If a role in the 1950s through '70s called for a commanding presence and a brooding resolve, one of the era's go-to actors for the part was Academy Award winner Yul Brynner (The Magnificent Seven, Westworld). in the Double Man, Brynner brings those qualities to the role of CIA agent Dan Slater and - without revealing the intriguing circumstances - to the role of a rival look-alike spy. The action, paced by Oscar?-winning* director Franklin J. Schaffer, unfolds in the scenic Tyrolean Alps, where Slater shows up after the reported skiing-accident death of his son, unaware that his arrival is all part of a devious Cold War gambit. Britt Ekland plays a beauty who may or may not be a participant in that covert plot.