| The Black Curtain | |
| Author: | Cornell Woolrich |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Mystery novel |
| Publisher: | Simon and Schuster |
| Pub 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 Simon and Schuster.
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.
There has been one cinematic adaptation of the novel, one on radio, and one much later done for television