Rent The Man in Black (1950)
3.1 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 18min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- A huge radio hit through the wartime years and beyond, 'The Man in Black' mesmerised millions of listeners with his macabre tales, making Valentine Dyall a household name for his star turn as the sepulchral storyteller. Willed the bulk of his wealthy estate when her father dies while attempting an unusual psychic experiment, Joan Clavering's delicate sensibilities are soon seen as an easy target for gaslighting by her vindictive stepmother.
- Actors:
- Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sidney James, Anthony Forwood, Hazel Penwarden, Valentine Dyall, Courtney Hope, Mollie Palmer, Laurence Baskcomb, Gerald Case, David Keir
- Directors:
- Francis Searle
- Producers:
- Anthony Hinds
- Writers:
- John Dickson Carr, John Gilling, Francis Searle
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/09/2025
- Run Time:
- 78 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Mono, English Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- New commentary with writers Lizbeth Myles and Paul Cornell, creators of the widely acclaimed Hammer House of Podcast
- New commentary with Will Fowler, writer and co-creator of the bfi's ongoing Flipside series, and film and media historian Melanie Williams
- Men in Black: Award-winning authors Martin Edwards and Andrew Taylor discuss John Dickson Carr ("Master of the Locked Room Mystery") and his contemporaries at the Detection Club – the long-running club for mystery writers, first created in 1930
- Panic Stations: Richard Hand, academic and writer of Listen in Terror, examines the rise of "horror radio" in the 1930s and '40s and the conditions that made Appointment with Fear such a hit with wartime and post-war British audiences
- This is Your Storyteller: Author, actor and film historian Jonathan Rigby and Vic Pratt, writer and co-creator of the bfi's ongoing Flipside series, discuss the life and career of Valentine Dyall, known forever to posterity as The Man in Black
- Francis Searle Interview: Interviewed in 1988 for the British Entertainment History Project, this extract from writer/director Francis Searle's career-long interview covers his time at Hammer
- Suspense: three original wartime US radio shows featuring John Dickson Carr's scripts, as introduced by 'The Man in Black'
- A gallery of stills and publicity material alongside tracks from Frank Spencer's score
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/09/2025
- Run Time:
- 78 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Mono, English Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- New commentary with writers Lizbeth Myles and Paul Cornell, creators of the widely acclaimed Hammer House of Podcast
- New commentary with Will Fowler, writer and co-creator of the bfi's ongoing Flipside series, and film and media historian Melanie Williams
- Men in Black: Award-winning authors Martin Edwards and Andrew Taylor discuss John Dickson Carr ("Master of the Locked Room Mystery") and his contemporaries at the Detection Club – the long-running club for mystery writers, first created in 1930
- Panic Stations: Richard Hand, academic and writer of Listen in Terror, examines the rise of "horror radio" in the 1930s and '40s and the conditions that made Appointment with Fear such a hit with wartime and post-war British audiences
- This is Your Storyteller: Author, actor and film historian Jonathan Rigby and Vic Pratt, writer and co-creator of the bfi's ongoing Flipside series, discuss the life and career of Valentine Dyall, known forever to posterity as The Man in Black
- Francis Searle Interview: Interviewed in 1988 for the British Entertainment History Project, this extract from writer/director Francis Searle's career-long interview covers his time at Hammer
- Suspense: three original wartime US radio shows featuring John Dickson Carr's scripts, as introduced by 'The Man in Black'
- A gallery of stills and publicity material alongside tracks from Frank Spencer's score
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