LETTER - BLU-1940-BETTE DAVIS-WARNER ARCHIVE COLL

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• Release Year: 1940
• Genre: Drama; Film-Noir
• Plot: Six years after exploding to stardom in Of Human Bondage, Bette Davis equaled that excitement with another W. Somerset Maugham role as an adulteress using her sexual wiles to escape a murder conviction in The Letter. ; ; The film throbs with sultry tension thanks to Davis, an impeccable supporting cast, atmospheric cinematography and the artistry of three-time Academy Award winner* William Wyler, Davis' director on Jezebel and The Little Foxes. Nominated for seven Oscars , including Best Picture, Actress, Director and Supporting Actor, The Letter remains one of Hollywood's most special deliveries, a peerless example of melodrama as movie art.
• Cast: Bette Davis; Herbert Marshall; James Stephenson; Frieda Inescort; Gale Sondergaard; Bruce Lester; Elizabeth Inglis; Cecil Kellaway; Victor Sen Yung; Doris Lloyd; Willie Fung; Tetsu Komai; Zita Baca; Brooks Benedict; William A. Boardway; David Bruce; James Carlisle; George Ford; Roland Got; Sam Harris; Holmes Herbert; Charles Irwin; Pete G. Katchenaro; Crauford Kent; Carl M. Leviness; Al Lloyd; Robert Locke Lorraine; Philo McCullough; Leonard Mudie; David Newell; Paul Panzer; Thomas Pogue; John Ridgely; Leslie Sketchley; Douglas Walton; Leo White; Otto Yamaoka; William Wyler; W. Somerset Maugham; Howard Koch
• Director: William Wyler
• Runtime: 1:35
• Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. First National Pictures, Turner Entertainment Co., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie