The Man in Black

Henry Clavering suspects his second wife Bertha is trying to drive his daughter (by his first marriage) insane, to stop her inheriting his money. He decides to use his yoga skills to pretend to be dead, and thereby expose her villainy.

Genre : Thriller

Runtime : 80 mins

Release Date : 1950-01-31

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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 Willi...

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 a...

Cast

Betty Ann Davies

(Bertha Clavering)

Sheila Burrell

(Janice)

Sid 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)