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 | 17 |
Director of Photography | Cedric Williams | 36 | 1913 | 1999 | 86 | 7 |
Editor | John Ferris | 7 | ||||
Hair Stylist | Monica Hustler | 23 | 1926 | Living | 95 | 18 |
Housecoat by | Jeager | |||||
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 | 21 |
Musical Directors | Rupert Grayson | 8 | ||||
Original Story by | Francis Searle | 39 | 14 Mar 1909 | 31 Jul 2002 | 93 | 17 |
Produced by | Anthony Hinds | 26 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 |
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 | 21 |
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