Scarce handwritten letter in blue fountain pen on opposite sides of a 4.5 x 7-inch sheet of grey stationery, signed at the close and dated 1953. In good condition, with a faint mailing fold, and accompanied by a computer-printed image of the star. Mesmerizing Irish-born actor Richard Leech played military officers, physicians, policemen, and other authority figures in films like The Dam Busters (1955), Night of the Demon (1957), Yangtse Incident (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), A Night to Remember (1958), Times of Glory (1960), Life at the Top (1965), Young Winston (1972), Gandhi (1982), and The Shooting Party (1985).

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