A standard story of people trying to make an heiress lose her mind so they can inherit her property but done well with a few good twists and turns. It is helped by two venomous performances from Betty Ann Davies and Sheila Burrell as the villains and Sidney James in interesting low key mode as the father. Based on a radio series and narrated as in the series by Valentine Dyall as 'The Man In Black' it is mostly set in one manor house, but it is an atmospheric one, Oakley Court in Windsor and there are good moments of suspense. A pre-Hammer film released under the Exclusive banner this is an easy to watch mystery.
Review of The Man in Black
