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Bette Davis Double Bill: The Letter

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring Bette Davis Herbert Marshall
James Stephenson
[n another of her most celebrated roles, Davis stars in this classic version of a Somerset
Maugham story. The tropical peace of a Singapore night is shattered by gunfire, and a man lies dead at a woman's feet. Her story is that he tried to attack her; the truth, it transpires, is a little different.
Screenplay by HOWARD KOCH Based on the play by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Directed by WILLIAM WYLER
0 FILMS: page 26

Contributors

Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
Herbert Marshall
Unknown:
James Stephenson
Play By:
Howard Koch
Directed By:
William Wyler
Leslie Crosbie:
Bette Davis
Robert Crosbie:
Herbert Marshall
Howard Joyce:
James Stephenson
Dorothy:
Joyce Friedainescort
Mrs Hammond:
Gale Sondergaard
John Withers:
Bruce Lester
Adele Ainsworth:
Elizabeth Earl
Prescott:
Cecil Kellaway
Ong Chi Seng:
Sen Yung
Chung Hi:
Willie Fung
Head boy:
Tetsu Komai
Source: Radio Times

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