The Man in Black
- Year: 1950
- Country of origin: UK
- Genre: Thriller
- Director: Francis Searle
- Length: 80 min
Film Synopsis
The Man in Black (1950) follows a young woman who returns to her family estate after her wealthy father dies during a mysterious demonstration of yogic trance. As she settles back into the household, her stepmother and stepsister scheme to undermine her sanity in order to gain control of the family fortune. This British mystery thriller blends Gothic melodrama, inheritance intrigue, and psychological manipulation within a suspenseful domestic setting.
The Man in Black 4K UHD & Blu-ray editions
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| Disc Extras | Hammer Films BD-ALL 4K/UK 2025 |
|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Lizbeth Myles and Paul Cornell | |
| Audio Commentary by William Fowler and Melanie Williams | |
| Men in Black - With Martin Edwards and Andrew Taylor on John Dickson Carr | |
| Panic Stations - With Richard Hand on Post-War Genre Radio | |
| This is Your Storyteller - With Vic Pratt and Jonathan Rigby on Actor Valentine Dyall | |
| BEHP Interview Extract with Francis Searle | |
| Suspense: “Cabin B-13” | |
| Suspense: “The Customers Like Murder” | |
| Suspense: “The Devil’s Saint” | |
| UK Censor Card | |
| Stills Gallery | |
| “Yoga and You” |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Hammer Films’ 4K UHD includes a 120-page booklet with writing by Wayne Kinsey (“The Hammer Crime Files: ‘The Man in Black’: "[It] Might Be Described as a Non-Violent Thriller with Occult Leanings”, “Introducing Oakley Court”), Andrew Pixley (“Appointments with Fear”), Sarah Morgan (“Sid James: Dramatic Actor”), Gayle Sequeira (“The Human Brain Can Only Stand So Much”), Philip Kemp (“The Forgotten Career of John Gilling”), Denis Meikle (“The Men Who Ran Hammer: Tony Hinds”).
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