Despite its emotional intensity, the film is comic, effervescently so, and its magical ending lends wit a metaphysical dimension.
A Letter to Three Wives
ALL OF THEM WONDERED WHILE ONE OF THEM WANDERED!
1949 · 1h 43m · Approved
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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A Letter to Three Wives
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director
- 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
- Jeffery Lynn as Bradford 'Brad' Bishop
- Connie Gilchrist as Mrs. Ruby Finney
- Florence Bates as Mrs. Manleigh
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Mankiewicz's writing is bright and hard -- he's sharpening his teeth for All About Eve, made the next year -- but his acid wit is almost too much for his fragile characters to bear.
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