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The Man in Black (1949)
 Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1949
Running Times: 80 mins
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions Limited
Producer: Anthony
Hinds
Production Manager: Arthur Barnes
SCRIPT
Script: John Gilling
Story: Francis Searle
Radio Series: Appointment with Fear by John Dickson Carr
DIRECTION
Director: Francis Searle
1st Assistant Director: Jimmy
Sangster
2nd Assistant Director: Jack Causey (uncredited)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Cedric Williams
Camera Operator: Peter Brayen
Clapper Loader: Harry Oakes
Focus Puller: Michael Reed (uncredited)
Electricians: Jack Curtis, Charles Mullett, Percy Harms, Richard Jenkins,
Charles Stanbridge (all uncredited)
Stills: John Jay (uncredited)
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: John Ferris, Ray Pitt (uncredited)
MUSIC
Music Directors: Frank Spencer, Rupert Grayson
SOUND
Recordist: Edgar Vetter
Boom Operator: Percy Britten (uncredited)
Sound Assistant: Gordon Everett (uncredited)
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Phil Leakey (uncredited)
Hair: Monica Hustler (uncredited)
Housecoat: Jaeger
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Denis Wreford
Construction: Fred Ricketts, Michael Lyons, Tommy Money (all uncredited)
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Renée Glynne
CASTING
Casting: Prudence Sykes
LOCATIONS
Studio: Ockley Court, Bray, UK
CAST
Sidney James (Henry Clavering / Hodson)
Betty Ann Davies (Bertha Clavering)
Sheila Burrell (Janice)
Hazel Penwarden (Joan)
Anthony Forwood (Victor Harrington)
Courtney Hope (Mrs Carter)
Lawrence Bascomb (Sanford)
Mollie Palmer (Elsie)
Gerald Case (doctor)
Valentine Dyall (storyteller)
PLOT SUMMARY
Henry Clavering comes to suspect that his new wife Bertha is trying
to drive her step-daughter insane so that she won't inherit the money
left to her by Clavering's first wife. To expose her plot, Clavering
uses advanced yoga techniques to fake his own death.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Exclusive Films Ltd
KEYWORDS
insanity, paranoia, yoga
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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