Director: William Wyler

Writer: Howard Koch

From a play: The Letter by W. Somerset Maugham

Keywords: Drama, Film Noir

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bette Davis	Actor	5-Apr-1908	6-Oct-1989	All About Eve
Cecil Kellaway	Actor	22-Aug-1893	28-Feb-1973	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Doris Lloyd	Actor	3-Jul-1896	21-May-1968	British-American character actress
Herbert Marshall	Actor	23-May-1890	22-Jan-1966	Foreign Correspondent
Gale Sondergaard	Actor	15-Feb-1899	14-Aug-1985	Anthony Adverse
Victor Sen Yung	Actor	18-Oct-1915	9-Nov-1980	Hop Sing on Bonanza

REVIEWS

Review by Edward S. Cooney (posted on 13-Apr-2009)

An outstanding black and white film made during a time when the world was already plunging headlong into world war and excellent movies were one of the few escapes from the reality of the horrors of the time. Ms. Davis and the entire cast, all long since deceased, left us with a reminder that films can be intense and realistically portray a great story which can be very entertaining even though it contains hints of adulterous conduct as well as murders but omits the raw sex and graphic blood letting so common in films of 2009. The Letter ranks among one of the best of all time and was produced in an era when audience imaginations were part of film enjoyment. The Letter is a film that really sells itself and stands on its own as a great work in all respects and the proof is that the film is still being shown 69 years after it was released.

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