Personally, I really enjoy this movie. The story line was good, and the graphics were really good for the 40's also the angles of the camera were good and the production of the the movie was really good. The only problem I had with the movie was that the acting was dramatic and when she killed him there wasn't a story leading up to his death.

The letter directed by William Wyler starred Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. the setting was in Singapore. the letter is a crime drama.the film starts with Leslie Crosbie(Bette Davis) emptying a clip on a man who she claimed assaulted her. The authorities take Leslie to jail until the trial. Howard Joyce(James Stephenson) Leslie's lawyer gets a hold of a letter that says she called for Mr. Hammond to her house saying that her husband was away and that she wanted him to come over. When Leslie is told of this she said that she never wrote that and that it was a fraud. She later admits to writing the letter. The filming in this movie has lots of movement unlike other films with set stages. The Letter begins with this aspect from the very beginning. in this specific shot in which the camera is moving left to right and moving up and down giving a broad visual for the set. this continues through out the movie. for example when they enter Chinatown the camera is moving with the car and changing perspective so you can see what the characters see.the acting was very well done. Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson were amazing. The extras and side characters did just as good. Bette Davis over did it. Her acting was fine she was just over dramatic. My overall reaction to the film was an 8/10. i gave it an 8/10 because like i said earlier how Bette Davis was over dramatic. if it wasn't for that i would've given it an 10/10.

Geoffrey Hammond learns the hard way that you end a relationship with Bette Davis at your peril in this mesmerising classic Hollywood melodrama. Although Bette Davis & Herbert Marshall get top billing, the film is really held together by the late James Stephenson in an Oscar-nominated performance, while Gale Sondergaard is unforgettable as the vengeful "Mrs.Hammond" (who with her arched eyebrows and in her skin-tight qipao bears an eerie resemblance to the Martian Girl in 'Mars Attacks!').William Wyler not surprisingly had wanted Gregg Toland, but veteran cameraman Tony Gaudio provides a more gothic look (aided by the immaculate production design of Jules Carl Weyl), and produces some vivid moonlit scenes, while Wyler occasionally creates an interesting effect akin to Toland's depth of field emphasising the depth of the images by occasionally putting Stephensen in some of his scenes with Davis exaggeratedly out of focus either in the foreground or background. It all goes a bit over the top towards the end in order to appease the Hays Office, and Max Steiner's score is a bit - well - Steinerish at times, but his eerie main theme is yet another aspect of the film that will stay with you long afterwards.

One of Bette Davis' nastiest roles. Based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel and directed by William Wyler, Leslie Crosbie(Davis)shoots a man, Geoffrey(David Newell),and with quick wit tells her rubber plantation overseer husband Robert(Herbert Marshall)and their lawyer Howard Joyce(James Stephenson)that it was self-defense. The couples mutual friend was making passes at her. After fighting him off, she follows him to the porch and shoots him. She will stick to her story and draw sympathy. Mr. Crosbie is willing to pack up and leave Singapore, so the couple can get away from the shooting. Leslie's story begins to unravel when a letter arrives revealing that she may have planned the murder to end a serious affair. Enter Geoffrey's widow attempting blackmail.Other players in this Warner Brothers black & white drama: Gale Sondergaard, Bruce Lester, Cecil Kellaway, Frieda Inescort and Victor Sen Yung.