• 1940
  • Approved
  • 1h 35m
The Letter

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

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.

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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