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The Man Who Haunted Himself

- 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.

Release Date : 1970-09-17

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Excalibur Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Harold Pelham

Original Name : Roger Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony Alexander

Original Name : Anton Rodgers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julia Anderson

Original Name : Olga Georges-Picot

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Harris

Original Name : Freddie Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Pelham

Original Name : Hugh Mackenzie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luigi

Original Name : Kevork Malikyan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Bellamy

Original Name : Thorley Walters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Bird

Original Name : Ruth Trouncer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eve Pelham

Original Name : Hildegard Neil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sir Charles Freeman

Original Name : John Welsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barton

Original Name : Edward Chapman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mason

Original Name : Laurence Hardy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jameson

Original Name : Charles Lloyd Pack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morrison

Original Name : Gerald Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Research Scientist

Original Name : Aubrey Richards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Arthur Richardson

Original Name : Anthony Nicholls

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ashton

Original Name : John Carson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barber

Original Name : John Dawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michael

Original Name : Alastair Mackenzie

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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