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 Credits
Art Director	Denis Wreford	44	1905	1988	83	5
Assistant Director	Jimmy Sangster	21	2 Dec 1927	19 Aug 2011	83	65
Camera Operator	Peter Bryan	29	28 Sep 1919	1 Sep 1972	52	22
Casting	Prudence Sykes					11
Continuity	Renee Glynne	22	3 Aug 1926	Living	94	38
Directed by	Francis Searle	39	14 Mar 1909	31 Jul 2002	93	15
Director of Photography	Cedric Williams	36	1913	1999	86	7
Editor	John Ferris					7
Hair Stylist	Monica Hustler	23	1926	Living	94	18
Housecoat by	Jeager					1
Make-up	Phil Leakey	40	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	48
Musical Directors	Frank Spencer	37	19 Jun 1911	1 Feb 1975	63	22
Musical Directors	Rupert Grayson					8
Original Story by	Francis Searle	39	14 Mar 1909	31 Jul 2002	93	15
Produced by	Anthony Hinds	26	18 Sep 1922	30 Sep 2013	91	67
Production Manager	Arthur Barnes	63	1886	1956	70	20
Recordist	Edgar Vetter	35	27 Jan 1913	15 Dec 1988	75	15
Screenplay by	John Gilling	36	29 May 1912	22 Nov 1984	72	18

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Appearances
Bertha Clavering	Betty Ann Davies	38	24 Dec 1910	14 May 1955	44	2
Doctor	Gerald Case	43	26 Jan 1905	22 May 1985	80	3
Elsie	Mollie Palmer	27	11 Jan 1921	27 Apr 2009	88	1
Henry Clavering/Hodson	Sidney James	35	8 May 1913	26 Apr 1976	62	7
Janice	Sheila Burrell	26	9 May 1922	19 Jul 2011	89	5
Joan	Hazel Penwarden					1
Mrs. Carter	Courtney Hope					4
Sandford	Lawrence Baskcombe	65	13 Oct 1883	12 Feb 1962	78	1
The Man in Black – Storyteller	Valentine Dyall	41	7 May 1907	24 Jun 1985	78	3
Victor	Anthony Forwood	33	3 Oct 1915	18 May 1988	72	6

Footnotes

Sheila Burrell 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