The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 80% of the 121 1940s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
253 audience votes
Key crew
- William WylerDirector
- Howard E. KochScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bette DavisLeslie Crosbie
- Herbert MarshallRobert Crosbie
- James StephensonHoward Joyce
- Frieda InescortDorothy Joyce
- Gale SondergaardMrs. Hammond
- Bruce LesterJohn Withers
- Elizabeth InglisAdele Ainsworth
- Cecil KellawayPrescott
- Victor Sen YungOng Chi Seng
- Doris LloydMrs. Cooper
- Willie FungChung Hi
- Tetsu KomaiHead Boy
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Themes
based on novel or booksingaporeplantationletterfilm noirmurdermalayamurder suspect