The Letter

<div><b>Book tickets for two or more of our&nbsp;</b><b><a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/noirvember">Noirvember</a></b><b>&nbsp;films in the same transaction to receive a discount!</b></div><div><br></div>Reunited with director William Wyler, Bette Davis excels with another Oscar-nominated performance as a coldly calculating temptress under suspicion of murder. Accused of killing an old family friend, Davis' character claims that he tried to attack her and that she acted in self-defence. Husband Herbert Marshall remains loyal even as the whole unsavoury truth comes to light. Gale Sondergaard provides memorable support as the dead man's widow in a thrilling version of the sensational Somerset Maugham play.<div><br></div><div><div><i>"</i><i>William Wyler was one of the most prolific directors of Golden Age Hollywood, working across many genres. Seen as a perfectionist and an ‘actor’s director’, he holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations across a director’s oeuvre for acting and here we see the goods with </i>The Letter<i>, a noir melodrama set in the formerly known British Malaya starring </i>the<i> Bette Davis who was nominated for her role - and </i>Detective Story<i> (starring Kirk Douglas and receiving acting nominations for the incredible Eleanor Parker and character actor, Lee Grant)."</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>- Written by Raymah Tariq, Programme Manager</i></div></div>CrimePT1H35MPG2026-11-08USen
Bette Davis
Herbert Marshall
James Stephenson
William Wyler
William Wyler
The Letter"The Letter"

Showtimes

November 8, 1:30 pm

Filmhouse