Roger Moore: Pelham

The Man Who Haunted Himself

Pelham

Harold Pelham: Espionage isn't all James Bond on Her Majesty's Secret Service. Industry goes in for it too, you know.

[Harold Pelham can be seen speaking with a psychiatrist. This is Dr. Harris]
Psychiatrist: Well, Mr. Pelham, we seem to be faced with several alternatives. Do we not?
[Dr. Harris lifts up his glasses]
Psychiatrist: First of all, there is the possibility, however unlikely, that... there is an actual double dogging your footsteps. If that is the case, then I can be of very little help to you.
Harold Pelham: But..er... could there be another explanation?
Psychiatrist: There could... there could...

[Harold Pelham can be seen speaking with Dr. Harris]
Psychiatrist: Have you ever heard of "illusions des sosies?"
[Pelham shakes his head. After a few seconds, Dr. Harris stands up from his chair]
Psychiatrist: "Illusion of doubles." That's how the French psychiatrist, Capgras, describes this... clinical condition. "Sosies." French for "double."
Harold Pelham: But how does it affect me?
Psychiatrist: You could be suffering from this sort of psychosis delusion of doubles.
Harold Pelham: I could?
Psychiatrist: Yes, indeed...

[Harold Pelham can be seen speaking with a psychiatrist known as Dr. Harris]
Psychiatrist: Identification with a familiar person in this case, yourself... is a classical symptom in these cases.
Harold Pelham: Is it?
Psychiatrist: I have a patient in hospital, who suffers delusional misidentification, every time his wife comes to visit him... he claims she is not his wife, but resembles her as a double.
[Pelham remains silent]
Psychiatrist: Interesting, eh?

[Harold Pelham can be seen speaking with Dr. Harris]
Psychiatrist: Then I have a woman patient, who claims her son is not her son, but a double, who has done away with her son.
[Pelham can be seen listening as Harris circles him]
Psychiatrist: Delusional misidentification. It's... quite a common schizophrenic symptom.
Harold Pelham: Then you think I'm mad?
Psychiatrist: No... such emotive words... do not figure in the modern dictionary, Mr. Pelham.

[Dr. Harris can be seen speaking with Harold Pelham]
Harold Pelham: But that's what you mean.
Psychiatrist: Not at all. Yours does not seem to be a classic case. There is one important difference.
[Dr. Harris sits down in front of Pelham]
Harold Pelham: What?
Psychiatrist: That you do not claim to have seen the double yourself. Other people have.
[Pelham appears perplexed]
Harold Pelham: Is that important?
Psychiatrist: It could be.

[following a session, Dr. Harris can be seen writing down something for Harold Pelham]
Psychiatrist: Mr. Pelham, I'd like you to come into my clinic for a few days for exhaustive tests. We cannot rule out the possibility of some physical brain malfunction due to your accident.
Harold Pelham: But the doctors said there was no damage.
Psychiatrist: Nevertheless, I would like to make my own tests, and give you some psychotherapy. Just for a few days.
Harold Pelham: I don't know... I'll have to think about it.

[Harold Pelham has just finished a session with Dr. Harris]
Psychiatrist: Very well, Mr. Pelham. If you wish me to help you, let me know.
[Harris takes a card out and hands it to Pelham]
Psychiatrist: That is my card. Ring me, day or night, if you decide you need my help.
Harold Pelham: I will. Thank you, Dr. Harris.

[Harold Pelham can be seen leaving after concluding a session with Dr. Harris]
Harold Pelham: But I'm sure there must be some rational explanation. There must be.
[Dr. Harris looks up at Pelham]
Harold Pelham: I have to find out. I have to...
[Dr. Harris watches as Pelham exits]

[Harold Pelham and Michael can be seen drying themselves by a pool]
Michael: What would you do if she was to give you the old exposure meter treatment?
Harold Pelham: Oh, I'd probably give her f8 at 1000th of a second.

[Harold Pelham and Michael can be seen speaking and drying themselves by a pool]
Harold Pelham: What about Ashton? When are you seeing him?
Michael: This evening.
Harold Pelham: Give me a call if you get anything out of him.

[at a pool, Harold Pelham can be seen drying himself off. Also present is Michael]
Michael: You'll be in this evening, will you?
Harold Pelham: Yes, we very rarely go out.