Return to Sender (1963 British film)

Return to Sender
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGordon Hales
Written byJohn Roddick
Based ona novel by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
StarringNigel Davenport
Yvonne Romain
Geoffrey Keen
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited byGordon Hales
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • 12 March 1963 (1963-03-12)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

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 – via ProQuest.