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The Letter (1940 film)
1940
The Letter is a 1940 American crime film noir melodrama directed by William Wyler, and starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. The screenplay by Howard E. Koch is based on the 1927 play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham derived from his own short story.
- Hal B. Wallis (Exec)
The Letter: Directed by William Wyler. With Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort. 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.
- William Wyler
- 149
- 2 min
Watchlist. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. In Singapore, Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) shoots and kills a man, claiming that he tried to take advantage of her. She is arrested and her ...
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- Bette Davis
- William Wyler
- Drama
Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence. Cast & Crew. Read More. William Wyler. Director. Bette Davis. Leslie Crosbie. Herbert Marshall. Robert Crosbie. James Stephenson. Howard Joyce. Frieda Inescort. Dorothy Joyce. Gale Sondergaard. Mrs. Hammond.
- William Wyler, Chuck Hansen, Sherry Shourds
- Bette Davis
In Singapore, Leslie Crosbie, the wife of the administrator of a plantation field of a rubber company, shoots six times in Geoffrey Hammond.and pleads self-defense to her husband Robert Crosbie and her lawyer and friend of the family Howard Joyce.
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Background. The Letter (1940) is a classic melodramatic film noir of murder and deceit, effectively directed by William Wyler. This was not the first time the subject matter was performed. The screenplay by Howard Koch was based on W. Somerset Maugham's mid-1920s London stage play (that featured Gladys Cooper in the lead role).