The Letters (1973 film)

The Letters
Genre	Drama
Written by	James G. Hirsch Ellis Marcus Hal Sitowitz
Directed by	Paul Krasny Gene Nelson
Starring	John Forsythe Jane Powell Dina Merrill Leslie Nielsen Barbara Stanwyck
Music by	Pete Rugolo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Leonard Goldberg Aaron Spelling
Producer	Paul Junger Witt
Cinematography	Leonard J. South Tim Southcott
Editors	David Berlatsky Carroll Sax Robert L. Swanson
Running time	74 minutes
Production company	ABC Circle Films
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	March 6, 1973 (1973-03-06)

The Letters is a 1973 American made-for-television drama film starring John Forsythe, Jane Powell, Dina Merrill, Leslie Nielsen and Barbara Stanwyck. It premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on March 6, 1973.^[1]

It was followed by a sequel, Letters from Three Lovers (1973).

Plot[]

The lives of three families (the Andersons, the Parkingtons and the Forresters) are affected by a year-long delay in the arrival of mail.

Cast[]

The Andersons segment: "Dear Elaine"[]

John Forsythe as Paul Anderson
Henry Jones as The Mailman
Jane Powell as Elaine Anderson
Lesley Ann Warren as Laura Reynolds
as Stewardess
Gary Dubin as Paul Anderson Jr.
as Lisa

The Parkingtons segment: "Dear Penelope"[]

Dina Merrill as Penelope Parkington
Leslie Nielsen as Derek Childs
Barbara Stanwyck as Geraldine Parkington
as Michael
as Minister

The Forresters segment: "Dear Mrs. Forrester"[]

Pamela Franklin as Karen Forrester
Ida Lupino as Mrs. Forrester
Ben Murphy as Joe Randolph
as Sonny
as Billy
as Sally
as Officer
as 1st Man

References[]

^ "ABC DELIVERS THE LETTERS' TRILOGY". Los Angeles Times. Mar 4, 1973. p. o3.

External links[]

The Letters at IMDb
The Letters at the TCM Movie Database
The Letters at Moviefone

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