Having worked in the City of London for some years, I’m pretty sure I know where some of the outdoor locations were filmed. In particular, one shot shows an iron-gated back alley supposedly outside Moore’s office. I reckon this is just off Cheapside, the main road heading along to St Pauls Cathedral. I used to use this as a daily shortcut during my lunchbreaks. If you’re ever down there, check it out.
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One of the great fun activities of any classy film is location spotting. Well, I can announce that I’ve tracked down where the house Roger lives in with his wife and 2 children. It’s in Barnet, North London, hah that’s all you’re getting as it’d be unfair on the current residents to reveal the exact address. Needless to say though, next time I’m passing nearby I might set the satnav… Continue reading
Nice to see there’s enough demand to produce a product like this. This movie poster Would look great gracing your wall and makes a great conversation piece for all those TMWHH virgins whose life is poorer for never having even heard of this classic film, let alone seen it Continue reading
The other great place I use quite often is Play.com. These guys do free delivery to UK and the EU, plus at time of writing, they have the privilege of selling the lowest priced copy I’ve seen in a long time, at a mere £11.98.
If so, then first port of call should probably be Amazon, although be aware, people are now respecting it as the classic it is and the price reflects that.
The DVD itself is a mini-masterpiece, with exclusive interview footage with Roger Moore himself, reminiscing about a film he obviously feels very affectionately about and thoroughly enjoyed making Continue reading
To further prove what a classic this is, they even manage to include a cameo by future Scottish darts champion Jocky Wilson. Young Jocky just happened to be in the gentlemans club that day, as Roger Moore filmed his snooker scene and goes searching for “himself”. Incredibly, young Mr Wilson fulfilled every stereotype of scots in London, by getting drunk and disorderly later on, allegedly. See you Jimmy…or Jocky, in Continue reading
Top British film director Basil Dearden, the mastermind behind bringing this one to screen was tragically killed in a car crash not too long after completing the filming of this one. I’d always thought this was urban myth, but incredibly, the crash occured on the very same stretch of the M4 where Roger Moore has his crash in The Man Who Haunted Himself. Cue spooky music Continue reading
If there’s another thing to enjoy about vintage British cinema, it’s the opportunity to spot stars in unnatural roles that you could never associate with them. So, imagine my surprise when I spot Anton Rogers, who as far as I’m concerned is famous for his role in 80s British sit-com Fresh Fields. Hard to believe he’s a sophisticated businessman, but I got used to it in the end. Love the Continue reading
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The film trailer belies perhaps the sedate Englishness of the pace at which the film travels. Actually, I prefer this to many of todays’ films where the prediliction is for endless action and it’s got to the point nowadays that unless 50 people are being shot or there’s at least 3 major car chases in a movie, people get bored. The car chase in this one is much Continue reading
The Man who haunted himself is one of those classy 70s films I just love to watch for the period settings. On top of that, it just so happens to have the uber classy Roger Moore in it and any guy worth his salt has a secret desire to be this man, such is his coolness and absolute Englishness personified.
Roger does not let us down, the film Continue reading