Mr. Firat

Mr. Firat (or just simply Firat) is the main antagonist of Joe Camp's 1979 mystery film by Paramount The Double McGuffin.

He was portrayed by the late Ernest Borgnine.

Role
Mr. Firat is first seen when Foster, Specks, Billy Ray, Homer Rutlage and Jody (the protagonists of the film) discover his suitcase, realizing that it was the same suitcase full of money after they discover a dead body and try to report it to the police. While Specks and Jody distract Mr. Firat by telling him how fancy he is, Homer and Foster steal the suitcase from him and show it to Chief Talasek, but he refuses to believe them, due their past misbehavior. After he opens it up, he discovers some dirty clothes instead of money before giving it back to Mr. Firat.

After the kids go to a football game, they discover the same suitcase in the same culvert, but with a note on the box saying "Dear boys, you deserve a big hand after your performance today." As they open the box, they discover a dismembered hand and flee after they come back to discover that the suitcase has disappeared.

The next morning, Billy Ray follows Mr. Friat to his hotel and the others follow him to his room while Mr. Friat eats at a restaurant and they put a walkie-talkie in one of Mr. Friat's plants. After they discover some guns in a trunk and escape the hotel. As they listen to Mr. Friat's plot, one of his henchmen pours alcohol on the plant, destroying the hidden walkie-talkie.

After Homer and Specks meet Arthur Honeycutt, Billy Ray starts a fire alarm in Mr. Firat's hotel and Jody takes pictures of him and his henchmen after they flee the building. Later, the trio go to the hotel and try to find evidence of his victims and Arthur prints out Mr. Firat's evidence.

As Billy and Arthur try to tell Mishell Kura that her life is in danger, Mr. Firat appears in her car and begins chasing them. As Arthur runs out of breath, Billy Ray dumps out the evidence from the sack to escape from Mr. Firat. As Arthur tells Chief Talasek about the trunk filled with guns, they arrive at the hotel and Chief Talasek opens it, and no guns were in there. As Talasek believes that Arthur lied to him about the guns, he reveals a kidnapped Homer and Specks in the closet and Mr. Friat gets arrested.