Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Composite character" in English language version.
After months of constant tracking, Hamer was finally ready to make his move. For some time, he had been meeting with Methvin's family, which was trying to broker a deal that would not only keep Methvin out of the electric chair, but possibly even out of prison. In exchange, they would hand over Barrow and Parker.
Speaking of the FBI, Carl Hanratty is actually a composite of several agents who were assigned Frank's case, the main one being Joe Shea. Joe has since passed on but didn't want his name used in the movie when he was alive.
While there was a real Stern, and he did work with Schindler, the movie character represented the collective activities of no fewer than four men.
[Ravon] was supposed to represent the judgmental behavior and stereotypical assumptions that many trans people living with AIDS faced during that time.…\\….Saks also bears similarities with the late physician Dr. Linda Laubenstein, one of the first American doctors to spread awareness of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
