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17/03/1929 Drama 1h 5m
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Blinded by the fury of passion - by the despair of a lost love -- she had not reckoned with "The Letter"

Overview

A plantation owner's wife goes on trial for shooting a man she says attacked her, but a handwritten letter reveals otherwise.

  1. Jean de Limur

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jeanne Eagels

    Leslie Crosbie

  2. Reginald Owen

    Robert Crosbie

  3. Herbert Marshall

    Geoffrey Hammond

  4. Irene Browne

    Mrs. Joyce

  5. O. P. Heggie

    Joyce

  6. Lady Tsen Mei

    Li-Ti

  7. Tamaki Yoshiwara

    Ong Chi Seng

  8. Fredi Washington

    Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)

  9. Isabel Washington

    Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
This is a superb character-driven performance from Jeanne Eagels as the bored wife who turns from her indifferent husband "Robert" (Reginald Owen) to the caddish "Geoffrey" (Herbert Marshall). When the latter shows her his true colours, he gets his comeuppance and a trial ensues. Provocation bordering on attempted rape is cited and she looks set for acquittal until it emerges that his Chinese mistress is in possession of a letter that might not quite support her version of the story - and she wants £10,000 for it! The production is quite heavily styled, very theatrical without very much visua...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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