The Letter (1940)
"Fascinating, Tantalizing and DANGEROUS!"
ThumbScore
👍 85%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 92%
(RT: 100%, MC: 84) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
James Stephenson as Howard Joyce
Frieda Inescort as Dorothy Joyce
Gale Sondergaard as Mrs. Hammond
Bruce Lester as John Withers
Elizabeth Inglis as Adele Ainsworth
Is The Letter good?
Yes. 85% audience score, estimated from 256 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 92%.
Overview
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions. Wikipedia ↗
