A man chases himself

Movie
German title	A man chases himself
Original title	The Man Who Haunted Himself
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	1970
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Basil Dearden
script	Basil Dearden , Bryan Forbes , Michael Relph
production	Michael Relph , Jack Rix , Bryan Forbes
music	Michael J. Lewis
camera	Tony Spratling
cut	Teddy Darvas
occupation
Roger Moore : Harold Pelham Hildegard Neil : Eve Pelham Anton Rodgers : Tony Alexander Olga Georges-Picot : Julia Anderson Thorley Walters : Frank Bellamy Freddie Jones : Dr. Harris John Welsh : Sir Charles Freeman Edward Chapman : Barton Laurence Hardy : Mason Charles Lloyd Pack : Jameson Gerald Sim : Morrison John Carson : Ashton Kevork Malikyan : Luigi Alastair Mackenzie : Michael Pelham Hugh Mackenzie : James Pelham

The Man Who Haunted Himself is a mystery - thriller by Basil Dearden on the novel The Case of Mr. Pelham by Anthony Armstrong in 1970 with Roger Moore in the lead role.

action

Harold Pelham is a correct Englishman as he stands and works for a company that equips the Navy. He caused a serious traffic accident that put him in a coma for a short time. As Pelham goes back to work, he hears more and more strange incidents that he is supposed to have said, done or decided. At the same time, a rival company filed for a merger with his company. The suspicion that the competition had an eye on his company's new automation system is soon confirmed by the fact that Pelham himself is supposed to be the leak and makes a pact with the competition. Pelham, however, suspects that a doppelganger is trying to discredit him and finds to his horror that the latter has even burdened his private life through a lover.

Unable to withstand the pressure, Pelham had a nervous breakdown and was let by psychoanalyst Dr. Admit Harris to a clinic. There he learns that his life is just too boring and he has to change.

But hardly outside and in work, the ghost continues when his doppelganger calls him at home on the phone. Pelham rushes home and comes face to face with his double self. His friends and family are also shocked. When both are alone, his doppelganger explains to him that he was born after the accident, when Pelham was briefly passed out.

He is just his more self-confident and modern self, and there is actually no longer any place for Pelham in this world. Pelham flees from his second self in the car, where he falls into a river and dies.

synchronization

role	actor	1. Synchro (cinema)	2. Synchro (TV 1982)	3. Synchro (TV 1989)
Harold Pelham	Roger Moore	Niels Clausnitzer	Randolf Kronberg	Lothar Blumhagen
Tony Alexander	Anton Rodgers	Jochen Schröder	Ortwin Speer	Norbert Gescher
Julie Anderson	Olga Georges-Picot		Rita Engelmann	Eva Kryll
Eve Pelham	Hildegard Neil	Inken summer	Marianne Gross	Rita Engelmann
Frank Bellamy	Thorley Walters	Horst Niendorf	Wolfgang Völz	Gerd Duwner
Dr. Harris	Freddie Jones	Arnold Marquis	Wolfgang Spier	Friedrich W. Building School
Sir Charles Freeman	John Welsh	Siegfried Schürenberg	Joachim Cadenbach	Peter Schiff
Ashton	John Carson	Jürgen Thormann	Norbert Langer	Jürgen Thormann
Luigi	Kevork Malikyan		Joachim Tennstedt	Oliver Rohrbeck

Reviews

"Old-fashioned, but entertaining detective film that neglects the psychological background of its topic in favor of superficial tension."

- Lexicon of international film

Remarks

• Basil Dearden also worked with Roger Moore on the TV series The 2 that same year . He took over the direction of the first two episodes.
• Roger Moore called his work in this film his best.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BBC article

Web links

• The Man Who Haunted Himself in the Internet Movie Database (English)