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The Letter (1940) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 11, 2005
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
1 hour, 35 minutes
Country USA
Studio Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• The Letter
• Das Geheimnis von Malampur (1949)
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Genre: Film-Noir, Drama, Suspense, Murder, Courtroom, Infidelity, Law, Blackmail, Melodrama, Revenge, Femme Fatale, Prison, Deception
Tagline: I wish I could say I was sorry.
Plot: William Wyler created the powerful opening for THE LETTER from the few words he says were in the script: "You hear a gunshot and you see a woman coming out shooting a man." Leslie’s husband, Robert (Herbert Marshall), is stunned at the shooting; colonial official John Withers (Bruce Lester) is overwhelmed, out of his depth; and the Crosbie’s lawyer, Howard Joyce (James Stephenson), is thoughtful. Leslie says Hammond tried to rape her. They all seem to accept her explanation. So she is surprised when a trial is necessary. But this is nothing compared with the shock she is to get. It seems a letter has been found, by Hammond’s Eurasian widow (Gale Sondergaard)--a letter that Leslie wrote to Hammond on the day of the shooting; a letter, Leslie lets Howard know, it would be a good idea to obtain--no matter the cost.THE LETTER is one of William Wyler’s best movies. Based on W. Somerset Maugham’s play, it is taught and exciting. Wyler and master photographer Gregg Toland use tense compositions with the protagonists pressed together, facing the same way, and receding diagonally across the frame. Bette Davis is compelling and James Stephenson in his first major role is riveting.
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- version of Letter, The (1982)
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| Directed by |
William Wyler
Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday, The Best Years of Our Lives |
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| Written by |
| Howard Koch
The Sea Hawk, Letter from an Unknown Woman, In This Our Life |
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| Cast |
Bette Davis
All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Death on the Nile |
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The Sea Hawk, Beau Geste, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Frieda Inescort
A Place in the Sun, Pride and Prejudice, Tarzan Finds a Son! | Gale Sondergaard
The Mark of Zorro, The Life of Emile Zola, The Time of Their Lives | Bruce Lester
Pride and Prejudice, Desperate Journey, Above Suspicion | | |
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| Music By |
Max Steiner
Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Arsenic and Old Lace |
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