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A Letter to Three Wives

Name: A Letter to Three Wives
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Genre: Romance, Drama, Mystery
Released: 1949
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas

A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.

1949 · Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 103 min · Romance · Drama · Mystery · 9 frames

Tagline

ALL OF THEM WONDERED WHILE ONE OF THEM WANDERED!

Crew

Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cinematography: Arthur C. Miller
Edited by: J. Watson Webb Jr.
Music: Alfred Newman
Produced by: Sol C. Siegel

Cast

Ann Sothern as Rita Phipps
Linda Darnell as Lora Mae Hollingsway
Jeanne Crain as Deborah Bishop
Kirk Douglas as George Phipps
Paul Douglas as Porter Hollingsway
Jeffrey Lynn as Bradford 'Brad' Bishop
Barbara Lawrence as Georgiana 'Babe' Finney
Connie Gilchrist as Mrs. Ruby Finney
Florence Bates as Mrs. Manleigh
Hobart Cavanaugh as Mr. Manleigh

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: 20th Century Fox
Box office: $5,400,000
Themes: based on novel or book, wife, boat, picnic, marriage, letter, radio, flashback, black and white

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More by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Suddenly, Last Summer — 1959
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir — 1947
Dragonwyck — 1946
No Way Out — 1950
The Barefoot Contessa — 1954
All About Eve — 1950
Cleopatra — 1963
Sleuth — 1972

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