According to the Evidence

According to the Evidence is a 1954 comedy crime novel by the British writer Henry Cecil.Reilly p.278 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.Kabatchnik p.364 The cast included Douglas Wilmer, Muriel Pavlow, Naunton Wayne and Richard Warner.

References

Bibliography 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.