The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Basil Dearden

Writers:

Anthony Armstrong (story) (segment "Case of Mr. Pelham, The")
Basil Dearden (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

31 May 1971 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Stalked by fear and terror - night and day!

Plot:

Harold Pelham encounters a duplicate of himself in the aftermath of a car crash. After that moment his life was upsetted.

Plot Keywords:

Car | Accident | Doppelganger | Look Alike | London England

Cast

Roger Moore	...	Harold Pelham
Hildegarde Neil	...	Eve Pelham (as Hildegard Neil)
Alastair Mackenzie	...	Michael Pelham
Hugh Mackenzie	...	James Pelham
Kevork Malikyan	...	Luigi
Thorley Walters	...	Frank Bellamy
Anton Rodgers	...	Tony Alexander
Olga Georges-Picot	...	Julie Anderson
Freddie Jones	...	Dr. Harris - Psychiatrist
John Welsh	...	Sir Charles Freeman
Edward Chapman	...	Barton
Laurence Hardy	...	Mason
Charles Lloyd Pack	...	Jameson
Gerald Sim	...	Morrison
Ruth Trouncer	...	Miss Bird, Pelham's secretary

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 (DVD) (2006) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:11 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1990)

Filming Locations:

Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Trivia:

Roger Moore has said that the role of Harold Pelham is his favorite.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Pelham drives at high speed along the M4 motorway, he passes the same light blue Sunbeam Alpine and a red car at least four times.

Quotes:

Harold Pelham: Espionage isn't all James Bond on Her Majesty's Secret Service. Industry goes in for it too, you know.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Passions of Carol (1975)

Great mysterious film!

I'm a big Roger Moore fan (the REAL 007) but I only heard about this film recently. I finally got a copy and I think it's a dynamite film. Not because I'm a big Moore fan - if a film sucks, I turn it off. But this movie is far better than all the reviews Ive ever read on it.

I don't believe it drags at all - the pacing is great, especially where Moore keeps on discovering more and more people have seen "him" when it really was his double. Seeing hoe much deeper and deeper Moores double intergrates himself into Moore's life - his work, his liesure, his wife and home - is done extremely well. The inevitable confrontation between the two Pelhams is also done very well, and the ending is a kicker.

Moore is great as usual and plays both roles with style and class.