According to the Evidence

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According to the Evidence
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Author Henry Cecil
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy crime
Publisher Chapman and Hall
Publication date
1954
Media typePrint

According to the Evidence is a 1954 comedy crime novel by the British writer Henry Cecil. [1] An ex-army officer and a former criminal join forces to make sure that the man who killed a murderer is acquitted of murder himself.

In 1967, it was adapted into a successful play of the same title by Cecil, Felicity Douglas and Basil Dawson, who had previously co-written another hit adaptation of his novel Alibi for a Judge . This ran for 260 performances at the Savoy Theatre in London's West End. [2] The cast included Douglas Wilmer, Muriel Pavlow, Naunton Wayne and Richard Warner.

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References

  1. Reilly p.278
  2. Kabatchnik p.364

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