Review: The Man Who Haunted Himself (film with Roger Moore)

It starts with a very proper, very, well…meticulous Roger Moore (playing the part of a young, overworks, hard charging and sexually repressed executive of a technology firm) getting into his car, putting every thing in its place and obeying the letter of the law.

But on the drive home….a different personality takes over and there is a crash…..and it is very touch and go in the operating room. He eventually pulls out and recovers….or does he?

There seems to be a double of him who is causing him trouble (no, not in the Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is he Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? manner). But is it really a double and if so, why? Or is this a descent into Schizophrenia? Or, is there another possibility?

I won’t tell you; but if you like Roger Moore, or if you like fantasy thrillers with a psychological theme then you will enjoy this. I got the idea to watch this film from reading Roger Moore’s book My Word is My Bond (which I did enjoy; it has interesting tidbits about his life and shows his sense of humor). In My Word is My Bond, Moore states that this was the one film in which he was really “permitted to act” and, in my opinion, he did an excellent job.

Rotten Tomatoes has a review here.

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