The Man in Black – 1950

A Hammer Production of The B.B.C. Sensation
United Programmes Sound System

Black & White 72 minutes

Storyline

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.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Denis Wreford	45	1905		1988	82	5		5
Ast. Director	Jimmy Sangster	22	2 Dec 1927		19 Aug 2011	83	65	2	67
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	30	28 Sep 1919		Sep 1972	52	22		22
Casting	Prudence Sykes						11	2	13
Continuity	Renee Glynne	23	3 Aug 1926		6 Apr 2022	95	38	3	41
Director	Francis Searle	40	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	17		17
Director of Photog.	Cedric Williams	37	1913		1999	85	7		7
Editor	John Ferris						7		7
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	24	1 Jan 1926	01.01.1926		97	18		18
Make-up	Phil Leakey	41	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Musical Director	Frank Spencer	38	19 Jun 1911		Feb 1975	63	21	1	22
Musical Director	Rupert Grayson						8		8
Original Story	Francis Searle	40	14 Mar 1909		31 Jul 2002	93	17		17
Producer	Anthony Hinds	27	18 Sep 1922		30 Sep 2013	91	84	1	85
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	64	1886		1956	69	20		20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	37	27 Jan 1913		15 Dec 1988	75	15		15
Screenplay	John Gilling	37	29 May 1912		22 Nov 1984	72	21		21
Uncredited
Art Department	Tom Money	33	1917		1974	56	2	20	22
Art Depatment	Michael Lyons							10	10
Clapper Loader	Harry Oakes	29	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	97		53	53
Editor	Ray Pitt						5	3	8
Electrician	Jack Curtis						3	23	26
Focus Puller	Neil Binney	18	1 Jun 1931	01.06.1931		92	17	10	27
Focus Puller	Michael Reed	20	7 Jul 1929		15 Dec 2022	93	5	2	7
Second Ast. Director	Jack Causey	36	1914		1977	63	6	1	7
Still Photog.	John Jay	29	14 Nov 1920		29 Apr 2005	84	13	22	35

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Bertha Clavering	Betty Anne Davies	39	24 Dec 1910	14 May 1955	44	2		2
Doctor	Gerald Case	45	26 Jan 1905	22 May 1985	80	3		3
Elsie	Mollie Palmer	29	11 Jan 1921	27 Apr 2009	88	1		1
Henry Clavering/Hodson	Sidney James	36	8 May 1913	26 Apr 1976	62	7		7
Janice	Sheala Burrell	27	9 May 1922	19 Jul 2011	89	5		5
Joan	Hazel Penwarden					1		1
Mrs. Carter	Courtney Hope	64	19 Dec 1886	17 Jan 1975	88	4		4
Sandford	Lawrence Baskcombe	66	13 Oct 1883	12 Feb 1962	78	1		1
The Man in Black – Storyteller	Valentine Dyall	42	7 May 1907	24 Jun 1985	78	3		3
Victor	Anthony Forwood	34	3 Oct 1915	18 May 1988	72	6		6

Production


FILMING BEGAN	31 July 1949
UK RELEASE	6 March 1950
STUDIO	Oakley Court Hotel, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire

Footnotes

This was the debut film for actress Sheila Burrell, who also appeared for Hammer in “Cloudburst” (1951), “The Rossiter Case” (1951), “Women Without Men”(1956) and “Paranoiac” (1963).

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection