The Black Curtain is a mystery novel written by Cornell Woolrich. The book was initially published in 1941 by Simon and Schuster.
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 (1942) (movie), directed by Jack Hively Suspense, dramatic adaptation adapted by George Corey, Produced and Directed by William Spier and featuring Cary Grant as the amnesiac (CBS Radio, 2 December 1943) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – "The Black Curtain", directed by Sydney Pollack, broadcast November 15, 1962
References