The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)

Director
Basil Dearden

Main cast
Roger Moore; Anton Rodgers; Olga Georges-Picot; Freddie Jones; Alastair Mackenzie

Genres
Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Description
Harold Pelham, 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, 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?


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