A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

19491h 42mdir. Joseph L. MankiewiczUnited Statesromance filmdrama film

With Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara Lawrence, Florence Bates

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 American romantic drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern. The film was adapted by Vera Caspary and written for the screen by Mankiewicz from A Letter to Five Wives, a short story by John Klempner which first appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine, and was expanded into a 1946 novel. The plot revolves around a letter that's addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands but doesn't say which one.

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