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Enter Sir John

by Clemence Dane, Helen de Guerry Simpsonliterary work· published 1928

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Enter Sir John is a 1928 British crime novel by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It concerns Martella Baring, a young actress, who is put on trial and convicted of murder and a fellow actor Sir John Saumarez who takes up her cause and tries to prove her innocence. It was followed by the sequels Printer's Devil in 1930, and Re-enter Sir John in 1932.

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Enter Sir John was adapted into a 1930 film.

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    Murder!
    1930 · film · 92 min · dir. Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb ↗
    IMDb6.383%

    When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.

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