The Man Who Haunted Himself
“Stalked by fear and terror… night and day!”
Basil DeardenWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: BFI Player Amazon Channel · Free: Kanopy. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Roger Moore Hildegard Neil Alastair Mackenzie Hugh Mackenzie 
Kevork Malikyan 
Thorley Walters
Credits
Written by: Anthony Armstrong
Plot
Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does not belong to him anymore.
Sinekatalog’s take
Basil Dearden's thriller, with Roger Moore, is tense, offbeat and underrated.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (3,420 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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