The Man in Black is a 1950 British thriller film directed by Francis Searle and starring Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell and Sid James.

[1] It was adapted by Hammer Film Productions from the popular British radio series Appointment with Fear featuring Valentine Dyall.

"[3] After the death of her yogi father during a freak "yoga accident," (brought about by his second wife), Joan Clavering returns home to her widowed stepmother Bertha.

Bertha conspires with her daughter Janice to drive Joan insane and deprive her of her rightful inheritance.

"[5] Leonard Maltin called it a "clever little thriller with some surprises and a rare noncomic role for James.