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The Letter: Directed by William Wyler. With Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort. 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 may prove her undoing.
Jun 27, 2013 · The Letter: Directed by Jay Anania. With Winona Ryder, Josh Hamilton, Marin Ireland, Katherine Waterston. A playwright who begins to mentally unravel cannot decide if she is at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Bette Davis pumps bullets into a man's body. Was it self-defense? Only THE LETTER ('40) can answer.Learn more about THE LETTER ('40) here: ...
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The Letter movie synopsis: In Malaya, a plantation owner’s wife (Bette Davis) shoots a man multiple times, later asserting that he wanted to sexually assault her. After her devoted husband (Herbert Marshall) hires a reliable – if suspicious – attorney (James Stephenson), everything seems to be going her way.
Letter, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Mrs. Hammond Wind chimes augment the near-silent Mrs. Hammond (Gale Sondergaard) as she demands her money and something more from Leslie (Bette Davis), lawyer Howard (James Stephenson) and his aide (Sen Yung) in The Letter, 1940.
In William Wyler’s richly torrid melodrama The Letter, Davis unsurprisingly mesmerizes as a duplicitous murderess pleading self-defense. What is surprising is how, with the help of a good, sympathetic director, she doesn’t play the role in all-out pit viper mode. Instead, Davis reveals something vulnerable and pitiable.
The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense. Her poise, graciousness and stoicism impress nearly everyone who meets her. Her husband is certainly without doubt; so is the district officer; while her lawyer’s doubts may be a natural skepticism.
