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The Letter

When a woman shoots her lover, she claims to have acted in self-defence and expects a speedy trial to find her innocent. But she learns that the victim's widow holds an incriminating letter, available to her at a price.

Based on a play by W Somerset Maugham.

1 hour, 31 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Jan 201815:00

Credits

RoleContributor
Leslie CrosbieBette Davis
Robert CrosbieHerbert Marshall
Howard JoyceJames Stephenson
Mrs HammondGale Sondergaard
John WithersBruce Lester
Adele AinsworthElizabeth Earl
PrescottCecil Kellaway
Ong Chi SengVictor Sen Yung
Mrs CooperDoris Lloyd
Chung HiWillie Fung
Head boyTetsu Komai
Dorothy JoyceFrieda Inescort
DirectorWilliam Wyler
WriterHoward Koch
AuthorW Somerset Maugham
ProducerWilliam Wyler
ComposerMax Steiner
Director of photographyTony Gaudio

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