The Letter

Fascinating, Tantalizing and DANGEROUS!

Duration: 95 min

Release date: 1940-11-21

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After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

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as Leslie Crosbie

Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall

as Robert Crosbie

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

as Howard Joyce

Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort

as Dorothy Joyce

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

as Mrs. Hammond

as John Withers

Elizabeth Inglis

Elizabeth Inglis

as Adele Ainsworth

Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

as Ong Chi Seng

as Woman (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

Brooks Benedict

as Party Guest (uncredited)

William A. Boardway

William A. Boardway

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

as Man (uncredited)

as Attorney (uncredited)

as Party Guest (uncredited)

as Man (uncredited)

as Party Guest (uncredited)

as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)

as Bob's Friend (uncredited)

Pete G. Katchenaro

Pete G. Katchenaro

as Man (uncredited)

as Robert's Friend at Bar (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Carl M. Leviness

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

as Man at Trial (uncredited)

Robert Locke Lorraine

Robert Locke Lorraine

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Philo McCullough

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

as Fred (uncredited)

as Geoffrey Hammond (uncredited)

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

as Juror #10 (uncredited)

as Driver (uncredited)

Leslie Sketchley

Leslie Sketchley

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

as Well Wisher (uncredited)

as Man at Trial (uncredited)

as Bartender at Party (uncredited)

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Technical Advisor

Hugo Friedhofer

Hugo Friedhofer

Technical Advisor

Leo F. Forbstein

Leo F. Forbstein

Executive In Charge Of Production

Associate Producer

Executive Producer

W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Carl Jules Weyl

Carl Jules Weyl

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