Return to Sender (1963 British film)

Return to Sender
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gordon Hales
Written by	John Roddick
Based on	a novel by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Jack Greenwood
Starring	Nigel Davenport Yvonne Romain Geoffrey Keen
Cinematography	Bert Mason
Edited by	Gordon Hales
Music by	Bernard Ebbinghouse
Production company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date	12 March 1963 (1963-03-12)
Running time	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. ^{[1] [2]} It was made at Merton Park Studios as part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace adaptations. ^{[3] [4]}

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." ^[5]

References

1. "Return to Sender". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
2. "Return to Sender (1963)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021.
3. Return to Sender – British Board of Film Classification ref. AFF039086
4. "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Return to Sender (1963)". Radio Times.
5. "Return to Sender". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 30 (348): 103. 1 January 1963. ProQuest   1305823092.

External links

• Return to Sender at BBFC
• Return to Sender at BFI
• Return to Sender at IMDb