Letty Lynton (1932)
Put yourself in her place- a girl's dream of love realized- only to be menaced by a past indiscretion! It's thrilling- it's full of tears and laughs, it rings true because it IS true!
Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting for her in New York and will not leave her alone, so she poisons him. When detectives take her to the D.A.'s office, Jerry cooks up an alibi.
- Date of release
- 1932-04-30
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Clarence Brown
Casting
- Joan Crawford — Letty Lynton
- Robert Montgomery — Hale Darrow
- Nils Asther — Emile Renaul
- Lewis Stone — District Attorney Haney
- May Robson — Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mother
- Louise Closser Hale — Miranda, Letty's Maid
- Emma Dunn — Mrs. Darrow
- Walter Walker — Mr. Darrow
- William Pawley — Hennessey
- Sidney Bracey — Waiter (Uncredited)
- Edward LeSaint — Dr. Sanders (Uncredited)
- Edgar Norton — Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)
Interesting facts
Letty Lynton is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery and Nils Asther. The film was directed by Clarence Brown and based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes; the novel is based on a historical murder allegedly committed by Madeleine Smith. Crawford plays the title character, who gets away with murder in a tale of love and blackmail.
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