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The Man Who Haunted Himself

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6.1/10 • 67

1970-09-171h 28m

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Stalked by fear and terror… night and day!

Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does not belong to him anymore.

Directors
Basil Dearden
Editors
Teddy Darvas

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  1. Roger Moore

    Roger Moore

    Harold Pelham

  2. Anton Rodgers

    Anton Rodgers

    Tony Alexander

  3. Olga Georges-Picot

    Olga Georges-Picot

    Julia Anderson

  4. Freddie Jones

    Freddie Jones

    Dr. Harris

  5. Hugh Mackenzie

    Hugh Mackenzie

    James Pelham

  6. Kevork Malikyan

    Kevork Malikyan

    Luigi

  7. Thorley Walters

    Thorley Walters

    Frank Bellamy

  8. Ruth Trouncer

    Ruth Trouncer

    Miss Bird

  9. Hildegard Neil

    Hildegard Neil

    Eve Pelham

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John Chard

Nov 6, 2013

8/10

The Pelham Paranoia. With its 1970s chic cheese and swagger and Roger Moore's excellent performance, The Man Who Haunted Himself has a considerable cult fan base. Directed by British legend Basil Dearden, plot finds Moore as Harold Pelham, who after being involved in a serious car accident, comes around from the trauma to find that his life is being turned upside down. It seems that somebody is impersonating him, people he knows swear he was in places he hasn't been, that he has been making decisions at work that he knows nothing about, and that he has a sexy mistress that threatens to destroy his marriage. Is he going mad? A victim of a collective practical joke? Or is there really something more sinister going on? Don't be a slave to convention! So yeah! A cult gem waiting to be rediscovered is The Man Who Haunted Himself, it has a plot that positively bristles with intrigue. As the doppleganger motif is tightly wound by Dearden, who smartly sticks to understated scene constructions as opposed to supernatural excess, there's a realistic and human feel to the story. The makers are not going for jolt shocks, but taking a considered approach that has the pertinent mystery elements lurking in the background, waiting for their chance to reveal themselves for the utterly thrilling finale. A finale that is bold and special, obvious but not, and definitely tinged with cunning ambiguity. With Moore drawing on talent from his acting pool that many thought he didn't have (two different characterisations smartly realised here), and Dearden pulling the technical strings (love those off-kilter angles and multi mirrored images), this is a film that has surprises in store all across the board. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$525,497.00
Revenue
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Keywords
london, englandmental breakdowndoppelgängerserious accidentmale executive