The Letter (1982)
The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.
- Date of release
- 1982-05-03
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- John Erman
Casting
- Lee Remick — Leslie Crosbie
- Ronald Pickup — Howard Joyce
- Jack Thompson — Robert Crosbie
- Ian McShane — Geoff
- Christopher Cazenove — Officer Withers
- Kieu Chinh — Chinese Woman
- Wilfrid Hyde-White — Judge
- Sarah Marshall — Dorothy Joyce
- Soon-Tek Oh — Ong
- James Hong — Old Man
- Molly Roden — Warden Larkin
- Byron Chung — Houseboy
Interesting facts
The Letter is a 1982 American television movie, starring Lee Remick, Ronald Pickup, Jack Thompson, Ian McShane and Christopher Cazenove and directed by John Erman. It is the third film version of the 1927 play of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham.
Production
Remick's casting was announced in April 1981. The story had been filmed twice before but Remick said "our version is different because we actually show what happened rather than relying on the woman's explanation."
The movie was an early international role for Australian actor Jack Thompson.
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