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Dominican Rep. The Letter
7.5
5,816
Drama. Film noir
The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense. Her poise, graciousness and stoicism impress nearly everyone who meets her. Her husband is certainly without doubt; so is the district officer; while her lawyer's doubts may be a natural skepticism. But this is Singapore and the resentful natives will have no compunction about undermining this accused murderess. A letter in her hand turns up and may prove her undoing. [+]
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"An evil tale, plotted with an eye to its torturing effects" | ||
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"Director William Wyler's magnificent handling of the material and Bette Davis's taut and calculated performance converted it into enduring cinematic art." | ||
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"Bette Davis gave one of her best and nastiest performances in Wyler's stylishly sordid 1940 romantic murder-mystery from W. Somerset Maugham's story" | ||
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"Davis unsurprisingly mesmerizes as a duplicitous murderess pleading self-defense." | ||
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"Never has [the W. Somerset Maugham play] been done with greater production values, a better all-around cast or finer direction" | ||
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"Davis gives what is very likely the best study of female sexual hypocrisy in film history." | ||
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"A better-than-average Bette Davis vehicle (1940), well constructed by that shrewd old hack, William Wyler, from a Somerset Maugham play." |
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