The Letter
(1940)
Tagline
Starring
Bette Davis Herbert Marshall James Stephenson Frieda Inescort Gale Sondergaard
Director
Genre
Running Time
95 minutes
Overview
The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death claiming he "tried to make love to me" and killed him to save her honour. When a damning letter she wrote on the day of the shooting turns up in the hands of her attorney he becomes suspicious.
Released
22 November 1940
Budget
£0
Revenue
£0
Language
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Country of Origin
United States of America
Cast
| Bette Davis | ... | Leslie Crosbie |
| Herbert Marshall | ... | Robert Crosbie |
| James Stephenson | ... | Howard Joyce |
| Frieda Inescort | ... | Dorothy Joyce |
| Gale Sondergaard | ... | Mrs. Hammond |
| Bruce Lester | ... | John Withers |
| Elizabeth Inglis | ... | Adele Ainsworth |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Prescott |
| Victor Sen Yung | ... | Ong Chi Seng |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Mrs. Cooper |
| Willie Fung | ... | Chung Hi |
| Tetsu Komai | ... | Head Boy |
Crew
| Orry-Kelly | ... | Costume Design |
| Carl Jules Weyl | ... | Art Direction |
| Warren Low | ... | Editor |
| Hal B. Wallis | ... | Executive Producer |
| William Wyler | ... | Producer |
| George Amy | ... | Editor |
| Tony Gaudio | ... | Director of Photography |
| Max Steiner | ... | Original Music Composer |
| Howard Koch | ... | Screenplay |
| W. Somerset Maugham | ... | Theatre Play |
| William Wyler | ... | Director |