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The Letter

Blinded by the fury of passion - by the despair of a lost love -- she had not reckoned with "The Letter"

5.6(24)19291h 5m1

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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Released
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Language
English
  • based on play or musical
  • pre-code

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR17 Mar 1929

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The Letter was released on 17 March 1929.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/6/2022

    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 bordering on attempted rape is cited and she looks set for acquittal until it emerges that his Chinese mistress is in possessio…

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