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{{Short description|1968 novel}}
{{For|the novel by Scott Turow|The Burden of Proof (Turow novel)}}
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| name = The Burden of Proof
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| image =File:The Burden of Proof (1968 novel).jpg
| caption = First edition (UK)
| author = [[James Barlow (author)|James Barlow]]
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| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = English
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| genre = Crime
| publisher = [[Hamish Hamilton]] (UK)<br /> [[Simon and Schuster]] (US)
| release_date = 1968
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| media_type = Print
| pages = 258
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'''''The Burden of Proof''''' is a 1968 [[crime novel]] by the British writer [[James Barlow (author)|James Barlow]].
==Synopsis==
Vic Dakin, a crime lord with a vast empire across [[London]] takes place on a raid on a wages van that goes wrong. Needing an [[alibi]] he arranges to blackmail a corrupt [[Member of parliament|MP]] with evidence of his sexual wrongdoing to give [[perjured]] testimony in court. However, the police are doggedly on Dakin's trail.
==Adaptation==
In 1971, it was adapted into the British film ''[[Villain (1971 film)|Villain]]'' directed by [[Michael Tuchner]] and starring [[Richard Burton]], [[Ian McShane]] and [[Nigel Davenport]].<ref>Goble p.24</ref><ref>Clinton p.229</ref> As a tie-in with the film, the novel was reissued with the [[alternative title]] '''''Villain'''''.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
* Clinton, Franz Anthony. ''British Thrillers, 1950-1979: 845 Films of Suspense, Mystery, Murder and Espionage''. McFarland, 2020.
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Turner, Alwyn W. ''Crisis? What Crisis?: Britain in the 1970s''. Aurum,  2009.
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[[Category:1968 British novels]]
[[Category:Novels set in London]]
[[Category:British crime novels]]
[[Category:Novels by James Barlow]]
[[Category:British novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Hamish Hamilton books]]
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