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The Man in Black is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Francis Searle with Betty Ann Davies

The Man in Black (1950)

The Man in Black
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Length 1h20
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Genres Thriller
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Man in Black is a 1949 British thriller film directed by Francis Searle and starring Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell and Sid James. It was adapted by Hammer Films from the popular British radio series Appointment with Fear featuring Valentine Dyall. Dyall (The "Man in Black" of the radio series) here provides the on screen introduction to the film, as "The Story-Teller".

Synopsis

After the death of her yogi father during a freak "yoga accident", Joan Clavering returns home to her widowed and suddenly very wealthy step-mother Bertha. The latter conspires with her daughter Janice to drive Joan insane and deprive her of her rightful inheritance.

Actors

Betty Ann Davies

(Bertha Clavering)Sheila Burrell

(Janice)Sid James

(Henry Clavering / Hodson)Anthony Forwood

(Victor Harrington)Valentine Dyall

(Story Teller / Narrator)
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