The Letter
“Fascinating, Tantalizing and DANGEROUS!”
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
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Cast
37 people
Bette Davis
Leslie Crosbie
Known for
All About Eve
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Herbert Marshall
Robert Crosbie
Known for
Foreign Correspondent
The Fly
James Stephenson
Howard Joyce
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The Sea Hawk
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Frieda Inescort
Dorothy Joyce
Known for
A Place in the Sun
Pride and Prejudice
Gale Sondergaard
Mrs. Hammond
Known for
The Life of Emile Zola
The Mark of Zorro
Bruce Lester
John Withers
Known for
Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Inglis
Adele Ainsworth
Also in
River's End
Landslide
Cecil Kellaway
Prescott
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Victor Sen Yung
Ong Chi Seng
Known for
Bonanza
Across the Pacific
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Cooper
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
The Time Machine
Willie Fung
Chung Hi
Known for
Red Dust
Ruggles of Red Gap
Tetsu Komai
Head Boy
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
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William Wyler Director · Howard E. Koch Screenplay W. Somerset Maugham Author
United States release November 21, 1940 · Produced in United States
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 14, 1940
Premiere · San Francisco, California
United States · November 21, 1940
Limited theatrical · Baltimore, Maryland
United States
November 22, 1940 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
November 23, 1940 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 25, 2005 · Physical · Warner Home mj.gov.br
Portugal
October 22, 1942 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 31, 1941 · Theatrical
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