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The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)

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Directed by
Basil Dearden
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, mystery film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
16
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A businessman starts seeing a man who looks exactly like him. This doppelganger begins interfering with every part of his life.

psychologically tenseslow-burnunsettlingquietambiguouscoldsuspenseful

What happens

The Man Who Haunted Himself is a 1970 British psychological thriller film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Roger Moore. It was written by Dearden, Michael Relph and Bryan Forbes based on the 1957 novel The Strange Case of Mr Pelham by Anthony Armstrong, and is a variation on the Jekyll and Hyde story. It was Dearden's final film prior to his death in 1971. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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