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31 May 1971 (Sweden)
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Stalked by fear and terror - night and day! more
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Harold Pelham encounters a duplicate of himself in the aftermath of a car crash. After that moment his life was upsetted. full summary | add synopsis
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London England
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What WOULD you do if it happened to you?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Roger Moore | ... | Harold Pelham | |
| Hildegarde Neil | ... | Eve Pelham (as Hildegard Neil) | |
| Alastair Mackenzie | ... | Michael Pelham | |
| Hugh Mackenzie | ... | James Pelham | |
| Kevork Malikyan | ... | Luigi | |
| Thorley Walters | ... | Frank Bellamy | |
| Anton Rodgers | ... | Tony Alexander | |
| Olga Georges-Picot | ... | Julie Anderson | |
| Freddie Jones | ... | Dr. Harris - Psychiatrist | |
| John Welsh | ... | Sir Charles Freeman | |
| Edward Chapman | ... | Barton | |
| Laurence Hardy | ... | Mason | |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | ... | Jameson | |
| Gerald Sim | ... | Morrison | |
| Ruth Trouncer | ... | Miss Bird, Pelham's secretary |
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89 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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West Germany:16 |
Netherlands:12 (DVD) (2006) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:11 |
USA:GP (original rating) |
USA:PG |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1990)
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Roger Moore has said that the role of Harold Pelham is his favorite.
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Continuity: Just before Pehlam's car crashes near the beginning of the film, he forces a Mercedes to move aside from the outside lane to the middle lane, then within seconds he crashes into a barrier. No such barrier would exist on a British motorway and the sequence of events would have led to the Mercedes crashing anyway had this car not been forced to change lanes by Pehlam.
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Harold Pelham:
Espionage isn't all James Bond on Her Majesty's Secret Service. Industry goes in for it too, you know.
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Version of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Case of Mr. Pelham (#1.10)" (1955)
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if ever a cumulative rating for a movie was insane it is THIS one! 5.3? yeah right. It's a 7 - end of story!
Long before Moore's incarnation as 007, this is arguably near the top of Moore's filmography. After Harold Pelham has a near-death experience following an auto accident, he makes what appears to be a stoic recovery. It is only with the passage of time that he begins to notice subtle occurrences that don't seem to dovetail with his own personality. Either he is losing his mind or there is something remarkably rotten in the state of Denmark. Friends and business acqaintances swear they have interacted with him, moments BEFORE he arrives at work...his wife notices a radical change in him and ultimately the inescapable truth presents itself - he has a doppelganger!
Call it far-fetched..its about the only weak point in the flick. Moore is just brilliant as he unravels in the face of his doppelganger's one-upmanship. The final scenes where he confronts his "twin" are riveting and should silence the tidal wave of critics who insist Moore could never act!
A few years ago it was rumored that the film was to be re-made in New Zealand (Peter Jackson?) as DOPPELGANGER, with no less a personage than Travolta in the lead, and he would certainly do the role justice. Since then, heard nothing.
This flick is well worth your effort finding somewhere, even on video.