Return to Sender (1963 British film)
{{Short description|1963 British film by Gordon Hales}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Return to Sender
| image = Return_to_Sender_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(1963).png
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Gordon Hales
| producer = Jack Greenwood
| writer = John Roddick
| based_on = a novel by Edgar Wallace
| narrator =
| starring = Nigel Davenport
Yvonne Romain
Geoffrey Keen
| music = Bernard Ebbinghouse
| cinematography = Bert Mason
| editing = Gordon Hales
| studio = Merton Park Studios
| distributor = Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
| released = {{Film date|1963|03|12|df=yes}}
| runtime = 61 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}
Return to Sender is a 1963 British drama directed and edited by Gordon Hales and starring Nigel Davenport, Yvonne Romain and Geoffrey Keen.{{Cite web |title=Return to Sender |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150048369 |access-date=22 June 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b43dfec|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123212608/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b43dfec|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2021|title=Return to Sender (1963)|website=BFI}} It was made at Merton Park Studios as part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace adaptations.Return to Sender - British Board of Film Classification ref. AFF039086{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-6aq7sx/the-edgar-wallace-mysteries-return-to-sender/|title=The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Return to Sender (1963)|website=Radio Times}}
Plot
A corporate fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that the prosecuting counsel is led by a particularly brilliant barrister, he attempts to undermine the barrister's credibility by employing a shady individual to use smear tactics against him.
Cast
- Nigel Davenport as Dino Steffano
- Yvonne Romain as Lisa
- Geoffrey Keen as Robert Lindley
- William Russell as Mike Cochrane
- Jennifer Daniel as Beth
- Paul Williamson as Tony Shaw
- John Horsley as Supt. Gilchrist
- Gerald Andersen as Lloyd
- Richard Bird as Fox
- Marianne Stone as Kate
- Lucy Griffiths as Agatha
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A conventional but well-produced thriller in the Edgar Wallace series. The complicated plot has an interesting twist, and is rather superior to the dialogue and characterisation."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1963 |title=Return to Sender |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305823092/2DFAA16AFA7F475FPQ/1 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=30 |issue=348 |pages=103 |via=ProQuest}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/return-to-sender-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yodq2mzi Return to Sender] at BBFC
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210123212608/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b43dfec Return to Sender] at BFI
- {{IMDb title|tt1729219}}
{{Edgar Wallace}}
Category:Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Category:British black-and-white films