Rent The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
3.4 of 5 from 99 ratings
1h 29min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Harold Pelham (Roger Moore), a partner in a large electronics firm, finds himself in bewildering circumstances after recovering from a near-fatal car accident What causes him to renounce his high business principles? Why do friends and colleagues repeatedly sight him in places he has never been? And why does Julie (Olga Georges-Picot), an attractive girl he has seen only once, claim such an intimate relationship with him? Does Pelham really have a doppelganger - or is he losing his mind?
- Actors:
- Roger Moore, Hildegard Neil, Alastair Mackenzie, Hugh Mackenzie, Kevork Malikyan, Thorley Walters, Anton Rodgers, Olga Georges-Picot, Freddie Jones, John Welsh, Edward Chapman, Laurence Hardy, Charles Lloyd-Pack, Gerald Sim, Ruth Trouncer, Aubrey Richards, Anthony Nicholls, John Carson, John Dawson, Terence Sewards
- Directors:
- Basil Dearden
- Producers:
- Michael Relph, Bryan Forbes
- Writers:
- Anthony Armstrong, Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
- Studio:
- Cinema Club
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch if You Like: Monty Python's Life of Brian, Cinema Paradiso's 2025 Centenary Club: April - June, Cinema Paradiso's 2025 Centenary Club: October - December: Part 2, Films to Watch If You Like..., A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Basil Dearden
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/06/2013
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.75:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 34 Minute Music Suite of Michael J. Lewis's Original Score
- 2005 Commentary with Roger Moore and Bryan Forbes
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Four Image Galleries, Including Storyboards
- Promotional Material PDF's
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/04/2026
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- New - Reflections on a Cult Classic: An interview with Kevork Malikyan
- Masters of Horror: Joe Dante and Stuart Gordon on "The Man Who Haunted Himself"
- Audio Commentary by authors Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
- The Man Who Became A Friend: Gareth Owen on Sir Roger Moore
- The Men Who Were Haunted featurette
- Storyboards
- Four image galleries including Storyboards (opening titles and car chase)
- Music suite of Michael J. Lewis's original score
- Theatrical trailer
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Reviews (1) of The Man Who Haunted Himself
A Curio of a Britflik featuring a pre-Bond Roger Moore - The Man Who Haunted Himself review by PV
This film is also billed as THE DOUBLE sometimes.
It's a curio, interesting to see Roger Moore exercising his eyebrow acting muscles just 3 years before the classic Bond film LIVE AND LET DIE (the best one ever). His career was on the up. His relaxed persona is all here...
This is Basil Dearden's final film - maybe why some critics called it old-fashioned, more 1948 than 1968. Based on a 1940 short story by British-Canadian author Anthony Armstrong.
There have been other stories, books, films about doubles. This is possibly one of the weakest. It could be called hokum and the creation of a double is never explained. Because it's nonsense! Fun nonsense. One for the fans only BUT I love seeing London as it was back then...
Oddly prophetic this film what with all the speeding cars: "Dearden died age 60 on 23 March 1971 at Hillingdon Hospital, London after being involved in a road accident on the M4 motorway near Heathrow Airport, in which he suffered multiple injuries. An inquest heard that he had a very high amount of alcohol in his blood and that he was decapitated after his car crashed into a road sign and caught fire."
2.5 stars rounded up
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