The Letter

The Letter

The Letter

5.5/ 10

TMDB Rating

22

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1929

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65 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

A plantation owner's wife goes on trial for shooting a man she says attacked her, but a handwritten letter reveals otherwise.

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based on play or musical

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Cast

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

Leslie Crosbie

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Robert Crosbie

Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall

Geoffrey Hammond

Irene Browne

Irene Browne

Mrs. Joyce

O. P. Heggie

O. P. Heggie

Joyce

Lady Tsen Mei

Lady Tsen Mei

Li-Ti

Tamaki Yoshiwara

Ong Chi Seng

Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)

Isabel Washington

Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)

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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

June 6, 2022

7

7/10

This is a superb character-driven performance from Jeanne Eagels as the bored wife who turns from her indifferent husband "Robert" (Reginald Owen) to the caddish "Geoffrey" (Herbert Marshall). When the latter shows her his true colours, he gets his comeuppance and a trial ensues. Provocation borderi…

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