• Source: The Man Who Lost Himself (1941 film)

      • The Man Who Lost Himself is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Brian Aherne, Kay Francis and Nils Asther. 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. 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)


      References




      Bibliography


      Bubbeo, Daniel. The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each. McFarland, 2001.


      External links


      The Man Who Lost Himself at IMDb
      The Man Who Lost Himself at the TCM Movie Database

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