The Black Curtain

First edition cover
Author	Cornell Woolrich
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Mystery novel
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	1941
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	305 pp
OCLC	7822613
Preceded by	The Bride Wore Black
Followed by	Marihuana

The Black Curtain is a mystery novel written by Cornell Woolrich. The book was initially published in 1941 by Grosset & Dunlap.

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)^[1]
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – "The Black Curtain", directed by Sydney Pollack, broadcast November 15, 1962