Hi there! I have fooled around a little bit with C-41 B&W films. This is what I have found:(posted 8334 days ago)Kodak T400CN - lab prints come back sepia toned. If your photofinisher can adjust the filtering correctly, they might come out without a color cast. Also, you might be able to ask them to use a B&W paper in the machine. You can take the negatives and print them in the traditional wet darkroom.
Ilford XP2 Super - Pretty much the same deal as T400CN. Sepia machine prints, usable negatives for the wet darkroom.
Kodak Select B&W+ - An ok consumer grade film. Balanced to give no color cast when machine printed. Negatives cannot be printed in the wet darkroom.
Kodak PORTA B&W - Nice pro grade film. Like its consumer cousin, it gives no color cast when machine printed but cannot be printed in the wet darkroom. Aimed at pros that want to shoot B&W for clients without the muss and fuss of a wet darkroom.
It all depends upon what you want. If you don't have a setup at home to develop negatives (or don't want one), C-41 films might be a good option to getting B&W prints. If you want to print negatives in the darkroom, go with XP2 or T400CN. If you are happy with just having a lab do your developing and printing, go with B&W+ or PORTA B&W.