The Letter

Movie Details

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.

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Cast: Bette Davis, Bruce Lester, Cecil Kellaway, Doris Lloyd, Elizabeth Inglis, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Victor Sen Yung

Director: William Wyler

Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance

Country: United States

Release Year: 1940

IMDB Rating: 7.5 (15667 votes)

TMDB Rating: 7.3 (209 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes: 100

Metacritic: 84

Runtime: 1h 35m

Budget: 16,455 USD

Release Date: 1940-11-23

Awards: Nominated for 7 Oscars, 5 wins & 9 nominations total