Twilight of Honor

by Al Dewlen

Dust jacket in good condition.

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

Reviews

[Marlene]

If you like Law and Order (the TV show) you will probably like this book. I enjoyed it. It is about a lawyer whom the court appoints to defend a murderer. He was young, inexperienced, and had not even been working in criminal law. The twist is that this took place in a Texas town in the late '50s and deals with Texas law at the time as well as the good ole boys club. The story begins with the crime, takes you through the picking of the jury process, the trial, and the verdict. There were things that seemed a little unreal and a little disconnected in process, but I did enjoy reading the strategies of a trial.

[E.J. Matze]

Twilight of Honor is a 1963 film starring Richard Chamberlain, Nick Adams, Claude Rains, and featuring Joey Heatherton and Linda Evans in their film debuts. Twilight of Honor is a courtroom drama based on Al Dewlen's novel, with a screenplay by Henry Denker. The film was directed by Boris Sagal.

Awards

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards
: [1:]
Best Supporting Actor - Nick Adams
Best Art Direction (George Davis, Paul Groesse, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt)