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According to the Evidence

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According to the Evidence
First edition
AuthorHenry Cecil
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy crime
PublisherChapman and Hall
Publication date
1954
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
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.

References

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

Bibliography

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  • Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. Scarecrow Press, 2011.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.