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Bette Davis Season: The Letter

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The first in a series of late-night movies starring one of Hollywood's most outstanding actresses with Herbert Marshall James Stephenson
The tropical peace of a Singapore night is shattered by gunfire, a man lies dead at Bette Davis '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 ø W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Directed by /WILLIAM WYLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Marshall
Unknown:
James Stephenson
Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
Howard Koch
Play By:
W. Somerset Maugham
Directed By:
William Wyler
Leslie Crosbie:
Bette Davis
Robert Crosbie:
Herbert Harshall
Howard Joyce:
James Stephenson
Dorothy Joyce:
Frieda Inescort
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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