The Letter

7.299

95 minutes

11/21/1940

Overview

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

Cast List

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
Willie Fung
as Chung Hi
Tetsu Komai
as Head Boy
Zita Baca
as Woman (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Party Guest (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
David Bruce
as Man (uncredited)
James Carlisle
as Attorney (uncredited)
George Ford
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Roland Got
as Man (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
as Bob's Friend (uncredited)
Pete G. Katchenaro
as Man (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
as Robert's Friend at Bar (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Al Lloyd
as Man at Trial (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
as Fred (uncredited)
David Newell
as Geoffrey Hammond (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Thomas Pogue
as Juror #10 (uncredited)
John Ridgely
as Driver (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Douglas Walton
as Well Wisher (uncredited)
Leo White
as Man at Trial (uncredited)
Otto Yamaoka
as Bartender at Party (uncredited)