A Case to Answer is a 1947 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Lustgarten. It was published in London by Eyre & Spottiswoode and in New York by Scribners under the alternative title One More Unfortunate. It portrays the trial of a young man for murdering a Soho prostitute.
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.
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