Review of The Letters

The Letters (1973 TV Movie)
The Letters. Postal Letters with great importance to the people involved get lost (delayed, actually) for a year. The news they DON'T bring changes people's lives forever.
9 March 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I remember this film. I only saw it once when it first came out and have heard neither hide nor hair about it since then. Yet, that vague memory has stayed with me up to the present day. When I saw the credit on Barbara Stanwyck's biog I clicked on it remembering the film from long ago. The first thing I said was "Henry Jones." He was the mailman. Sure enough, as I scrolled down the list there he was as the very last credited player Henry Jones....Postman.

What I remember best about this film was the mailman finally delivering the letter to an obviously happily married couple. The husband looks at the wife and says "Don't Open it." She tosses it in the trash and smiles. That little scene brought the whole theme of the film into sharp focus. Sometimes the moves you don't make are the smartest and most memorable actions of your life. Excellent film. Very well done.
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