"Blinded by the fury of passion - by the despair of a lost love -- she had not reckoned with "The Letter"" 17 March 1929 Drama 65 mins
A plantation owner's wife goes on trial for shooting a man she says attacked her, but a handwritten letter reveals otherwise.
Watch the official The Letter 1929 trailer in HD below.
Jeanne Eagels as Leslie Crosbie
Reginald Owen as Robert Crosbie
Herbert Marshall as Geoffrey Hammond
Irene Browne as Mrs. Joyce
O. P. Heggie as Joyce
Lady Tsen Mei as Li-Ti
Tamaki Yoshiwara as Ong Chi Seng
Fredi Washington as Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)
Isabel Washington as Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)
Jean de Limur Director
Garrett Fort Screenplay
Jean de Limur Editor
Monta Bell Editor
Monta Bell Producer
W. Somerset Maugham Theatre Play
Irvin Talbot Conductor
Jean de Limur Dialogue
George J. Folsey Director of Photography
United States 17 March 1929
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