The Man in Black

5.6(11)19501h 18m

Thriller

A woman conspires to steal her stepdaughter's inheritance following the mysterious death of her millionaire husband.

Director

Francis Searle

Cast

Betty Ann Davies

Bertha Clavering

Sheila Burrell

Janice

Sidney James

Henry Clavering / Hodson

Anthony Forwood

Victor Harrington

Hazel Penwarden

Joan Clavering

Valentine Dyall

Story Teller / Narrator

Courtney Hope

Mrs. Carter

Mollie Palmer

Elsie

Lawrence Baskcombe

Sandford

Reviews

2 reviews

John Chard

7y ago

7.0

Oakfield Towers ... The Scene... The Man in Black is directed by Francis Searle and Searle co-writes the play with John Gilling. It stars Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burell, Sid James, Anthony Forwood and Mollie Palmer. Music is by Frank Spencer and Rupert Grayson and cinematography by Cedric Williams. Out of Hammer Films, this adaptation from a radio series is a tight little "Gaslight" suspens...

Geronimo1967

3y ago

5.0

It's interesting to see Sid James play a straight (albeit brief) role for change in this simple little crime thriller. He is a wealthy chap with a rather venal second wife and step-daughter. His obsession with mysticism leads, one evening, to a risky experiment and it all goes wrong... We have no absence of potential culprits as his new family try to drive his daughter out of her mind so they can ...