The Man Who Lost Himself (1941 film)
The Man Who Lost Himself is a 1941 film starring Brian Aherne and Kay Francis. Aherne plays a man who encounters his exact double and is later mistaken for the other man (now deceased). The film is based on the novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The novel was also adapted to film in 1920.
| The Man Who Lost Himself | |
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| Directed by | Edward Ludwig |
| Produced by | Lawrence W. Fox, Jr. |
| Written by | Eddie Moran |
| Based on | the novel The Man Who Lost Himself by Henry De Vere Stacpoole |
| Starring | Brian Aherne Kay Francis |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Department store mogul Malcolm Scott escapes from a mental institution. At a bar, he encounters lookalike John Evans and they get drunk together.
John wakes up in Malcolm's home, where butler Paul and others mistakenly believe him to be Malcolm. As he attempts to persuade them otherwise, the real Malcolm is killed in a subway accident. Malcolm's estranged wife Adrienne has been romantically involved with Peter Ransome, while it appears Malcolm had been seeing a Mrs. Van Avery while also embezzling from his store with a man named Mulhausen who now wants to buy it from Adrienne.
John foils the scheme, and when a grateful Adrienne finally realizes who he really is, she decides she would like to marry her dead husband's dead ringer.
Cast
- Brian Aherne as John Evans / Malcolm Scott
- Kay Francis as Adrienne Scott
- Henry Stephenson as Frederick Collins
- S. Z. Sakall as Paul
- Nils Asther as Peter Ransome
- Sig Ruman as Dr. Simms (as Sig Rumann)
- Dorothy Tree as Mrs. Van Avery
- Janet Beecher as Mrs. Milford
- Marc Lawrence as Frank DeSoto
- Henry Kolker as Mulhausen
- Sarah Padden as Maid
- Eden Gray as Venetia Scott
- Selmer Jackson as Mr. Green
- William Gould as Mr. Ryan
- Russell Hicks as Mr. Van der Girt
- Frederick Burton as Mr. Milford
- Margaret Armstrong as Mrs. Van der Girt