---
title: 'The Letter (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Wyler'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-letter-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032701/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Letter (1940)

1940 · 95 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Letter is a 1940 American crime film noir melodrama directed by William Wyler, and starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. The screenplay by Howard E. Koch is based on the 1927 play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham, derived from his own short story. The play was first filmed in 1929 by director Jean de Limur.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Wyler](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-wyler)
- **Screenplay:** [William Somerset Maugham](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-somerset-maugham), [Howard Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-koch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tony Gaudio](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-gaudio)
- **Editor:** [George Amy](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-amy)

## Cast

- [Gale Sondergaard](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-sondergaard)
- [Tetsu Komai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsu-komai)
- [James Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-stephenson)
- [Victor Sen Yung](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-sen-yung)
- [Herbert Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-marshall)
- [Elizabeth Inglis](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-inglis)
- [Cecil Kellaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-kellaway)
- [Willie Fung](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-fung)
- [Frieda Inescort](https://cinepixo.com/people/frieda-inescort)
- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Bruce Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-lester)
- [Douglas Walton](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-walton)
- [Bette Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-davis)
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd)

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