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The Man Who Haunted Himself

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The Man Who Haunted Himself - 1970 | 94 mins | Thriller | Colour

The Production Team

Director: Basil Dearden.
Producer: Michael Relph.
Script: Basil Dearden and Michael Relph. (from a story by Anthony Armstrong)
Cinematographer: Tony Spratling.
Editing: Teddy Darvas.
Art Director: Albert Witherick.
Costume Design: Beatrice Dawson.
Music: Michael J. Lewis.

The Cast

Roger Moore - Harold Pelham
Hildegarde Neil - Eve Pelham
Alastair Mackenzie - Michael
Hugh Mackenzie - James
Kevork Malikyan - Luigi
Thorley Walters - Bellamy
Anton Rodgers - Alexander
Olga Georges-Picot - Julie
Freddie Jones - Dr. Harris
John Welsh - Sir Charles Freeman
Edward Chapman - Barton

Plot Synopsis

Based on an episode from TV's Alfred Hitchcock Presents, this well-done psychological thriller from Basil Dearden stars Roger Moore as an executive who survives a car accident with intriguing consequences.

While driving home one evening, business executive Harold Pelham (Roger Moore) appears to become possessed and suffers a nasty car accident. Pelham is taken to hospital and undergoes an operation, while on the operating table he is clinically dead for a few minutes - allowing a sinister double to escape from his body. The alter ego begins living Pelham's life with hitherto unforeseen vigour. Returning after a long convalescence, Pelham discovers that his doppelganger is undermining business decisions, has embarked on an affair with a woman he met only once, and renewed Pelham's long-dormant sex life with his wife. Pelham finally confronts his gregarious double, and the two begin a car chase from which only one will survive,