Movie
The Letter
Overview
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Details
- Release date
- 1940-11-21
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie
- Herbert Marshall as Robert Crosbie
- James Stephenson as Howard Joyce
- Frieda Inescort as Dorothy Joyce
- Gale Sondergaard as Mrs. Hammond
- Bruce Lester as John Withers
- Elizabeth Inglis as Adele Ainsworth
- Cecil Kellaway as Prescott
- Victor Sen Yung as Ong Chi Seng
- Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Cooper
- Willie Fung as Chung Hi
- Tetsu Komai as Head Boy
Crew
- William Wyler - Director
- Howard Koch - Screenplay
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