The Letter

The Letter

Overview

The wife of a rubber-plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand might prove her undoing.

Ratings

IMDb 7.5
TMDB 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes 100
Metacritic 84

Details

Director William Wyler
Cast Bette Davis, Bruce Lester, Cecil Kellaway, Doris Lloyd, Elizabeth Inglis, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Victor Sen Yung
Country United States
Release Year 1940
Runtime: 1h 35m
Budget: 16,455 USD
Release Date: 1940-11-23
Awards: Nominated for 7 Oscars, 5 wins & 9 nominations total
Tagline: Fascinating, Tantalizing and DANGEROUS!