The Letter

November. 23,1940      NR
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Bette Davis as  Leslie Crosbie
Herbert Marshall as  Robert Crosbie
James Stephenson as  Howard Joyce
Frieda Inescort as  Dorothy Joyce
Gale Sondergaard as  Mrs. Hammond
Bruce Lester as  John Withers
Elizabeth Inglis as  Adele Ainsworth
Cecil Kellaway as  Prescott
Victor Sen Yung as  Ong Chi Seng
Doris Lloyd as  Mrs. Cooper

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