When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.

• Capglobe
• Central Films Limited
• Adrian Rawlins
• Bernard Hepton
• David Daker
• Pauline Moran
• David Ryall
• Clare Holman
• John Cater
• John Franklyn-Robbins