The Man in Black
- Year: 1950
- Country of origin: UK
- Genre: Thriller
- Director: Francis Searle
- Length: 80 min
- IMDb rating:
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.
Selected disc options for The Man in Black
| Extras | Hammer Films BD-ALL 4K/UK 2025 |
|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Lizbeth Myles and Paul Cornell | has extra |
| Audio Commentary by William Fowler and Melanie Williams | has extra |
| Men in Black - With Martin Edwards and Andrew Taylor on John Dickson Carr | has extra |
| Panic Stations - With Richard Hand on Post-War Genre Radio | has extra |
| This is Your Storyteller - With Vic Pratt and Jonathan Rigby on Actor Valentine Dyall | has extra |
| BEHP Interview Extract with Francis Searle | has extra |
| Suspense: “Cabin B-13” | has extra |
| Suspense: “The Customers Like Murder” | has extra |
| Suspense: “The Devil’s Saint” | has extra |
| UK Censor Card | has extra |
| Stills Gallery | has extra |
| “Yoga and You” | has extra |
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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