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The Black Curtain is a mystery novel written by Cornell Woolrich.

Plot

The story concerns a man with amnesia, named Frank Townsend. He cannot remember anything from the previous three years of his life. As it turns out, he may be a suspected murderer. He struggles to find a loophole in the overwhelming evidence.

Film and broadcast adaptations

There has been one cinematic adaptation of the novel, one on radio, and one much later done for television

Street of Chance, directed by Sol C. Siegel, released by Paramount Pictures on October 3, 1942

Suspense, dramatic adaptation written by William Spier and featuring screen legend Cary Grant as the amnesiac (CBS Radio, 2 February 1943)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – "The Black Curtain", directed by Sydney Pollack, broadcast November 15, 1962

References

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Plot

Film and broadcast adaptations

References