Return of a Stranger (also known as The Face behind the Scar) is a 1937 British drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Griffith Jones, Rosalyn Boulter, Ellis Jeffries and Athole Stewart.

After he is partially disfigured by an explosion in his laboratory, Martin decides to return home to clear his name, confident that he will no longer be recognised.

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Various elements – two men and a woman; marriage to the wrong man; false accusation of murder and ultimate vindication – make up the pattern of this somewhat complicated story.

The long arm of coincidence plays a leading part, but competent direction manages to give an air of conviction even to this.

"[3] Kine Weekly wrote: "The story covers deal of ground, and it is directed mostly by coincidence, but with all its dependence on theatrical artifice it succeeds in gathering good drama in the course of its highly coloured perambulations.