1940
Approved
1h 35m

Summary The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing. View more details

1940
Approved
1h 35m

The Letter

Directed : William Wyler

Written : Howard Koch Andrée Levy W. Somerset Maugham

Stars : Herbert Marshall Bette Davis James Stephenson Frieda Inescort

All cast & crew

7.5

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Genres : Mystery Crime Drama Romance Film-Noir

Release date : Nov 22, 1940

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Stage 1, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Production companies : Warner Bros.

Summary The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing. View more details

Details

Genres : Mystery Crime Drama Romance Film-Noir

Release date : Nov 22, 1940

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Stage 1, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Production companies : Warner Bros.

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Bette Davis, James Stephenson, and Victor Sen Yung in The Letter (1940)

Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, and James Stephenson in The Letter (1940)

Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall in The Letter (1940)

Bette Davis with directors Frank Capra and William Wyler.

Bette Davis Warner Bros. Letter, The (1940) 0032701

Bette Davis Film Set/ Warner Bros. Letter, The (1940) 0032701

Herbert Marshall, Frieda Inescort, and Elizabeth Inglis in The Letter (1940)

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