Man in Black, The

Date: 1949
Director: Francis Searle
Production Company: Hammer Film Productions

Stars: Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sid James, Valentine Dyall
Location(s): Berkshire

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Storyline:

A man suspects that his second wife is trying to drive his daughter by his first marriage insane, to stop her inheriting his money.

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Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson

 

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  • Capture 1
  • 18 Jul 2018

An establishing shot of the house where Henry Clavering lives with his daughter and his second wife. Oakley Court on Windsor Road, Oakley Green near Windsor, Berkshire.

Now a hotel, hence the umbrellas on the terrace. SJ

  • Capture 2
  • 18 Jul 2018

After faking his death, the cortege carrying Henry Clavering leaves the house.

The greenhouse, which decayed in the next 40 years, has yielded to a car park. SJ

  • Capture 3
  • 18 Jul 2018

Joan Clavering (Hazel Penwarden) returns home. Oakley Court also features in 'Nightmare', 'What the Butler Saw', 'The House in Nightmare Park', 'The Mutations', 'Half a Sixpence' and 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'.

Posh pots have replaced the ivy. SJ

  • Capture 4
  • 18 Jul 2018

Disguised as Hodson, Henry Clavering (Sid James) watches as Victor Harrington (Anthony Forwood) speaks with his daughter Joan.

The boathouse by the Thames still stands (or has been impressively reproduced). SJ

  • Capture 5
  • 18 Jul 2018

A silhouette of the gateway to Oakley Court on the A308, Windsor Road.

I'm fairly sure the gates have moved to the east away from the original lodge (just visible in What the Butler Saw), but the wrought iron looks identical as do the pillars. SJ