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Author | Edward Grierson |
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Language | English |
Genre | Crime |
Publisher | Chatto and Windus |
Publication date | 1956 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Second Man is a 1956 crime novel by the British writer Edward Grierson. [1] It won the Gold Dagger award of the Crime Writers' Association.
A new female barrister Marion Kerrison defends a man accused of murdering his aunt to get his hands of her jewels. [2]
It was adapted for a 1959 episode of the American television series Playhouse 90 that starred James Mason, Diana Wynyard, Margaret Leighton and Hugh Griffith. [3]
Another adaptation was as an episode of the British television series ITV Play of the Week under the title A Man Involved (1959).
A West German TV film directed by Peter Zadek had the title Die Dame in der schwarzen Robe (1960).