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The Man Who Haunted Himself [DVD] [1970]
enlarge	Director: Basil Dearden Actors: Roger Moore, Hildegarde Neil, Alastair Mackenzie, Hugh Mackenzie, Thorley Walters Studio: Cinema Club Category: DVD Buy New: £19.95 as of 22/11/2009 08:13 GMT details New (5) Used (3) from £18.99 Seller: classicfilmandtv Rating: 12 reviews Sales Rank: 16576 Format: Anamorphic, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 89 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5014138300326 ASIN: B0006687ZI Theatrical Release Date: 1970 Release Date: April 18, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next » A perfect double-act February 7, 2007 Thomas Koetzsch (Hong Kong) 16 out of 16 found this review helpful Although Roger Moore is mostly known for his James Bond movies, I think you can toss all those. `The Man Who Haunted Himself' is by far Roger Moore's best movie. br / br /The story is fairly simple but it builds up quite nicely. Roger Moore - a conservative businessman with a lovely wife and two perfect children, and who works in the City - on his way home one evening engages in a spot of mad driving and ends up in an accident. Following his recovery he continues his set life yet increasingly finds that he is being pushed out of this life by someone else who happens to be himself. It sounds all very confusing, but that's the story in a nutshell. br / br /I agree with the other reviewers here that this is masterpiece of acting. What I really love about this movie is the double-act Roger Moore plays as the ever more successful businessman and at the same time increasingly haunting himself right into the final showdown when he faces himself down. br / br /Excellent show! br / Moore able to act away from type October 17, 2006 A C N. MORRISON (Leeds,England) 8 out of 8 found this review helpful I thoroughly recommend this DVD which has a Commentry made 2001/2 which includes Roger Moore and Bryan Forbes with Journalist Jonathan Sothcott who show a love of their industry.Although momentarily they get mixed up calling John Welsh as Anthony Nicholls their memory is in great shape and Moore can remember the places and what he had to do plus interesting information.The film is in great shape with no evidence of wear or fading.It was made at a time of the bowler hat, chambers you could enter without badges and wooden walled board rooms.The film made on a small budget shows none of the consequences of this and the professionalism of the director Basil Dearden and camerman is ever present.The film has a strong contingent of actors including John Carson, Hildegard Neil,Gerald Sims and Anton Rodgers all happily still with us.However this is Moore's film and it is much to the credit of those who chose him and for his portrayal of a man pushed to the limits between his safe self and his worrying second self. Great thriller from 1970! April 5, 2007 FAMOUS NAME (UNITED KINGDOM) 18 out of 20 found this review helpful br /Classic suspense thriller from 1970 starring Roger Moore. br / br /No time wasted here in getting straight into the action with a speeding car and spectacular crash! Roger Moore plays a handsome well-to-do married man with two children. After a near fatal car crash, what follows is a string of unexplained 'incidents' that leads to the character's confusion and bewilderment. This could be simple amnesia due to brain damage caused by the accident, but it's far more sinister than that! A thrill every minute and suspense around every corner! br / br /There's a great supporting cast here including; Anthony Nicholls (looking much older having aged dreadfully in the couple of years since 'The Champions' of '68) Charles Lloyd Pack, Anton Rodgers (some viewers not old enough to remember will be knocked down at how extremely fit and handsome he was!) Gerald Sim, and Thorley Walters who supplies the humour in his jovial, but boring character role - remarkably like an earlier Nigel Bruce. Great performances, and added to a wonderful music score provided by the theme, gives this a recipe for great entertainment! Fast-paced and exciting film with no time to get bored! br / br /Look out for Roger Moore making an interesting reference to James Bond!! Moore acts !!!!! December 1, 2005 D. Pyke (uk) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful This is an exciting drama featuring two fine performances by Roger Moore. In the first he is a mild mannered and rather starchy businessman and in the second his characters own rather dark, ruthless alter ego. The rst of the cast is quite acceptable and th film moves at a brisk pace. It is good to have this film on DVD because it is similar in style to the old ITC classics ofthe 60s (of which Moore's own 'The Saint' was the most famous). This type of drama is something the British, or indeed anyone else, has seemingly lost the art of achieving. First rate stuff. I acn't wait fo the 2006 release of 'Crossplot', Moore's other British made film of th late 60s. We Get To See How The Other Roger Moore Can Act October 14, 2008 Copnovelist (Kent, GB) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful Roger Moore's staid business executive gets taken over by a far racier and daring 'doppleganger' after a serious car accident in which he temporarily 'dies' on the operating table. br / br /He loses his sanity after discovering he has been replaced by an alter ego. In the meantime, we are entertained by the way the story unfolds and how he gets to discover for himself what is going on. Roger Moore rates this as one of his finest acting performances, evidently because he gets to break away from one of his usual action heroes and the character is more three dimensional. Although not shot on a large budget, the production values are classy and the direction is assured. There is a good supporting cast and Hildegarde Neil, who plays Mrs Pelham, has a haunting beauty about her. br / br /I thoroughly enjoyed watching this on dvd, having seen it on late night television many years ago. The print is sharp and faultless. The dvd's extras, which aren't listed on Amazon, do the product credit. You get a photo gallery, cast biographies, publicity, a trailer (again, a quality print) and an optional commentary. With a decent dvd player and dvds of this quality, who needs blue-ray? br / br / Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next »

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