The Black Curtain: Lost Years and a Murderer’s Shadow

Originally Aired: November 30, 1944

In Suspense #120, “The Black Curtain,” Cary Grant stars as Frank Townsend, a man who awakens on a snowy street with no memory of the past three years—and no clue why a stranger is hunting him with a gun. As Townsend pieces together a new identity, he uncovers a murder for which he is the prime suspect, a lost love, and a trail of betrayal that stretches back to a vanished life under the name Daniel Nearing. In a desperate quest for the truth, he must confront dangerous secrets, a mysterious slaying, and the woman who holds the final, fatal answer. Based on Cornell Woolrich’s classic noir novel, this episode is a tense spiral into amnesia, suspicion, and heartbreak.

Cast:

Cary Grant, Cathy Lewis, Hans Conried, Bea Benaderet, William Johnstone

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