The Letter

Name: The Letter
Director: Jean de Limur
Genre: Drama
Released: 1929
Duration: 65 min
Cast: Jeanne Eagels, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Irene Browne, O. P. Heggie

Jean de Limur

19291h 5mEnglish

Drama

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1Oscar

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Synopsis

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

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Drama

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Actress · Jeanne Eagels

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1930

Academy Awards

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Actress

Jeanne Eagels

1930

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Cast

Jeanne Eagels

Leslie Crosbie

Reginald Owen

Robert Crosbie

Herbert Marshall

Geoffrey Hammond

Irene Browne

Mrs. Joyce

O. P. Heggie

Joyce

Lady Tsen Mei

Li-Ti

Tamaki Yoshiwara

Ong Chi Seng

Fredi Washington

Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)

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