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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. [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 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.
Acquitted killer Leslie (Bette Davis) and her lawyer and reluctant co-conspirator Howard (James Stephenson) finally tell her loyal husband Bob (Herbert Marshall) the truth in. The famous opening scene starring Bette Davis and the handgun, at a rubber plantation in Malaysia, from William Wyler's.
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The Letter. 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 husband, Robert (Herbert Marshall), hires...
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Leslie Crosbie, the wife of a Malayan rubber plantation owner, shoots and kills a neighbor she claims had dropped in to see her unexpectedly and made improper advances towards her. Her husband Robert was away for the night and no one has any treason to disbelieve her.
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.
After killing her lover, the wife (Bette Davis) of a rubber plantation owner (Herbert Marshall) living in Malaya is put on trial, but after an incriminating letter turns up her apparently simple defence is complicated, in William Wyler’s noir melodrama with James Stephenson and Gale Sondergaard.
The Letter (1940) In director William Wyler's and Warner Bros.' superb, atmospheric, noirish melodrama of murder, betrayal, violence, and deceit with a stunning Max Steiner score - it was adapted from the 1927 W. Somerset Maugham play of the same name.
The Letter is a 1940 American film noir 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.