A Case to Answer is a 1947 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Lustgarten.Breen p.143 It was published in London by Eyre & Spottiswoode and in New York by Scribners under the alternative title One More Unfortunate.White p.256 It portrays the trial of a young man for murdering a Soho prostitute.Reilly p.973
Film adaptation In 1951 it was adapted into the British film The Long Dark Hall. Produced by London Films, it starred Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer.Grant p.383
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