Return to Peyton Place (film)

Return to Peyton Place
Theatrical release half-sheet display poster
Directed by	José Ferrer
Written by	Ronald Alexander
Based on	Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
Produced by	Jerry Wald
Starring	Carol Lynley Tuesday Weld Jeff Chandler Eleanor Parker Mary Astor Robert Sterling
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke
Edited by	David Bretherton
Music by	Franz Waxman
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 5, 1961 (1961-05-05)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,785,000[1]
Box office	$9,996,178 or $4.5 million[2]

Return to Peyton Place is a 1961 American drama film in color by De Luxe and CinemaScope, produced by Jerry Wald, directed by José Ferrer, and starring Carol Lynley, Tuesday Weld, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor, and Robert Sterling. The screenplay by Ronald Alexander is based on the 1959 novel Return to Peyton Place by Grace Metalious. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and is a sequel to their earlier film Peyton Place (1957).

The film's storyline centers on the life and loves of bestselling author Allison MacKenzie. She has followed in the footsteps of her mother Constance by having an affair with a married man, her publisher Lewis Jackman (Chandler). She goes on to publish a tell-all novel that fictionalizes the scandal, homicide, suicide, incest, and moral hypocrisy that belies the tranquil façade of her hometown. She is quickly criticized by friends, family, and neighbors as a result.