The Man Who Lost Himself (1941 film)

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| name = The Man Who Lost Himself

| image = File:The Man Who Lost Himself (1941 film).jpg

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| director = Edward Ludwig

| producer = Lawrence W. Fox, Jr.

| writer = Eddie Moran

| based_on = {{Based on|the novel The Man Who Lost Himself|Henry De Vere Stacpoole}}

| narrator =

| starring = Brian Aherne
Kay Francis
Nils Asther

| music = Hans J. Salter

| cinematography = Victor Milner

| editing = Milton Carruth

| studio = Universal Pictures

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{film date|1941|3|21}}

| runtime = 72 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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The Man Who Lost Himself is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Brian Aherne, Kay Francis and Nils Asther.Bubbeo p.97 Aherne plays a man who encounters his exact double and is later mistaken for the other man who is now dead. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole.Goble p.348 The novel was also previously adapted to film in 1920. The new version shifts the setting from London of the original to New York, although it features several British actors.

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
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
Wilson Benge as Butler
Frank O'Connor as cab driver (uncredited){{cite web|title=The Man Who Lost Himself (1941|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26798-THE-MANWHOLOSTHIMSELF?sid=0d9e501b-d5bb-49d9-b6f6-757283b2b1a4&sr=12.743741&cp=1&pos=0|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films)}}