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The Letter (1940) USA / 95 min
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Genre: Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery /  more »
Awards: Nominated for 7 Oscars.  more »
User Ratings: 7.8 (3,539 votes)  more »
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Summary: The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense; a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.  more »
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Filmmakers: William Wyler - Director / Producer, W. Somerset Maugham - Writer (play), Howard Koch - Writer (screenplay), Tony Gaudio - Cinematographer, Max Steiner - Composer, George Amy - Editor, Warren Low - Editor  more »
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 Bette Davis ... Leslie Crosbie 1,660 
Herbert Marshall ... Robert Crosbie 10,193 
James Stephenson ... Howard Joyce 62,140 
Frieda Inescort ... Dorothy Joyce 49,350 
Gale Sondergaard ... Mrs. Hammond 11,288 
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