Return to Sender (1963 British film)

Return to Sender is a 1963 British drama directed and edited by Gordon Hales and starring Nigel Davenport, Yvonne Romain and Geoffrey Keen. 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

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."

References

External links Return to Sender at BBFC Return to Sender at BFI