A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Review: A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas,

Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Crain
Linda Darnell
Linda Darnell
Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas

Plot: Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks she is just a gold digger. Rita Phipps makes as much money writing radio scripts at night as her school teacher husband does. Deborah Bishop looked great in a Navy uniform in WWII but fears she'll never be dressed just right for the Country Club set. These three wives are boarding a boat filled with children going on a picnic when a messenger on a bicycle hands them a letter addressed to all three from Addie who has just left town with one of their husbands. They won't know which one until that night.

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Social isolation and “working from home” mean a lot of time for movie-watching … and the volume far outstrips my ability to say anything substantive about many of the films I do watch: so here I mostly just acknowledge what […]

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