The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 88% of the 227 1940s romance movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
178 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph L. MankiewiczDirector
- Joseph L. MankiewiczScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ann SothernRita Phipps
- Linda DarnellLora Mae Hollingsway
- Jeanne CrainDeborah Bishop
- Kirk DouglasGeorge Phipps
- Paul DouglasPorter Hollingsway
- Jeffrey LynnBradford 'Brad' Bishop
- Barbara LawrenceGeorgiana 'Babe' Finney
- Connie GilchristMrs. Ruby Finney
- Florence BatesMrs. Manleigh
- Hobart CavanaughMr. Manleigh
- James AdamsonPorter's Butler (uncredited)
- Joe BautistaThomasino (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookwifeboatpicnicmarriageletterradioflashbackblack and white