That's what Roger Moore says in this film before he even became James Bond. Ha ha. It's a classic film moment. In this film, Moore has a high-powered job but he's a little dull in his bowler hat life routine. However, after he has a car crash, there seems to be a second Moore living a parallel life to him, meeting with people he knows and even his wife and children. We mainly watch the film from the perspective of the dulloid Moore and follow his descent into paranoia.His doppelganger is a more cunning version of himself – jumping in to bed with the ladies (of course) and craftily manipulating business deals. His servant is that bloke from "Mind Your Language" – you know, "Max" the Greek guy. We don't see much of the doppelganger but are aware of his presence throughout the film and this keeps the mystery going. The music is fun but the actual story is complete nonsense with no attempt to tie up the ludicrous plot. It doesn't matter – just approach it with an awareness that this isn't realistic and go with the flow.

Roger Moore has always taken his acting lightly. However you do not build a successful career in both UK and USA television and become a successful international film star without a modicum of talent.In The Man Who Haunted Himself, Moore plays a wealthy business executive Harold Pelham whose company is considering getting involved in a merger. We initially see Pelham dressed conservatively and driving home carefully. Somewhere along the road he seems to have become possessed, he speeds up his car and gets involved in a terrible car accident.As he recovers from his injuries, an alter ego is unleashed, more cavalier, risk taking, dashing and begins to live Pelham's life. This Pelham uses cunning to make his company's share sale to be even more profitable. He has a casual affair and even has a perked up sex life with his wife.The real Pelham slowly realises that a doppelganger is on the loose and tries to get his life back on track.Not a raised eyebrow in sight in this film. This is regarded as Moore's favourite film and he really shows his acting chops, Moore even gets to make a reference to James Bond, a role he would next play.The film is really an updated version of Jekyll & Hyde but there is a sense of eeriness as the film concentrates on the real, more dull Pelham when he hears reports of the other double's activities such as thrashing someone in snooker, dabbling in some industrial espionage or being in some swanky club leaving him confused.Director Basil Dearden might have shown a dated view of London for even the early 1970s but he gets a uniformly excellent performance from his cast and you genuinely wonder how the film will end as to which Pelham will win out.

This is a nice little low budget early 70s thriller starring Roger Moore as a stuffy pretentious business man Harold peplum who is in a car crash and momentarily dies on the operating table who eventually is brought back to life and continues his life as if nothing had ever happened but not so long afterwards he starts being told by his colleagues and friends that they have been seeing him in places they would never expect to see him there and an attractive girl named Julie claims to have such an intimate relationship with him when he claims to his cynical wife that he has never seen her before and bit by bit his life continues to collapse around him and he wonders whether it's real or is he going insane ? . Overall it's an interesting film that boasts a compelling performance from Roger Moore who actually bothers to show audiences that he had at least a modicum of acting talent within himself

Some twenty or so years have passed since I originally saw this film, which, at the time I found to be very though-provoking, so it was with a mixture of interest and skepticism that I ordered it from Lovefilm. Happily, I was not disappointed. This is, without doubt, Moore's finest acting role and he delights with his use of facial expression; to me it shows that there is a lot more to his acting skills than the rather one-dimensional parts he spent most of his career playing e.g. The Saint, Brett Sinclair and Bond. Of course, this is dated, as it was filmed in 1970, however most people - myself included - have a fond affection for this period. Good support from some stalwart actors, including Anton Rogers and Hildegard Neil make this a satisfying experience. In my opinion, this story would merit a re-make by a director such as Christopher Nolan.NB One of the spookiest things about this film is that the director - Basil Dearden - was tragically killed in a car accident shortly after it was completed, in the exact stretch of road used in the film. This only serves to add to the mystery of this film but may put any superstitious directors off attempting a re-make. My recommendation is to watch this late at night with the lights off... Enjoy!