The Black Curtain

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, directed by Jack Hively
Suspense, dramatic adaptation adapted by George Corey, Produced and Directed by William Spier and featuring Cary Grant as the amnesiac The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – "The Black Curtain", directed by Sydney Pollack, broadcast November 15, 1962