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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)
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
Dorothy Joyce. Gale Sondergaard. Mrs. Hammond. 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...
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- Bette Davis
- William Wyler
- Drama
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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
The Letter synopsis: In Malaya, a plantation owner’s wife (Bette Davis) shoots a man multiple times, later asserting that he wanted to sexually assault her. After her devoted husband (Herbert Marshall) hires a reliable – if suspicious – attorney (James Stephenson), everything seems to be going her way. But then an incriminating letter surfaces.
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.
