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  1. The Letter is a 1940 American crime film noir melodrama directed by William Wyler, and starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. [1] 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. The play was first filmed in 1929, by director Jean de Limur.

  2. A classic film based on a play by W. Somerset Maugham, starring Bette Davis as a woman who kills a man in Singapore and claims self-defense. The film explores her motives, her husband's loyalty, and the evidence against her in a letter that may incriminate her.

    • William Wyler
    • 149
    • 2 min
  3. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 5, 2019 Full Review Aurelio Pego Cine-Mundial The Letter is a movie that provides that personal satisfaction that works of art produce in our soul. [Full review in Spanish ...

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    • Bette Davis
    • William Wyler
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  5. Bette Davis stars as a woman who shoots her lover and claims self-defense, but faces a blackmailer who threatens to expose her lie. The Letter is a 1940 adaptation of a play by W. Somerset Maugham, directed by William Wyler and nominated for seven Oscars.

    • William Wyler, Chuck Hansen, Sherry Shourds
    • Bette Davis
  6. The Letter (1940) movie credits via the American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog website. The Ethel Proudlock case is the chief topic of Eric Lawlor’s Murder on the Verandah: Love and Betrayal in British Malaya (HarperCollins, 1999; link). Herbert Marshall and Bette Davis The Letter (1940) images: Warner Bros.

  7. The case seems to be easy and simple, but a letter written by Leslie to Geoffrey and in the hand of the Hammond's widow may sentence Leslie to death by hanging. When the widow decides to sell the letter for US$10,000.00, Howard faces a dilemma between his friendship and his career. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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