MOVIE · 1940
The Letter
CrimeDramaMysteryRomance95 min
On a plantation in Malaya, a woman shoots a man dead and says it was self-defense, but a letter she wrote before the killing starts to unravel her story. Bette Davis is the composed, elusive figure at the center of the case, with Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson drawn into the fallout as suspicion spreads from the bungalow to the courtroom. Directed by William Wyler, the film turns a single act of violence into a tense chain of concealment, blackmail, and public scrutiny, with the colonial setting hanging over every accusation.
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