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A Letter to Three Wives
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Not Rated
1949
1h 43m
Drama
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Romance
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7.7
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A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
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Cast of A Letter to Three Wives
Ann Sothern
Rita Phipps
Linda Darnell
Lora Mae Hollingsway
Jeanne Crain
Deborah Bishop
Kirk Douglas
George Phipps
Paul Douglas
Porter Hollingsway
Jeffrey Lynn
Bradford 'Brad' Bishop
Barbara Lawrence
Georgiana 'Babe' Finney
Connie Gilchrist
Mrs. Ruby Finney
Florence Bates
Mrs. Manleigh
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mr. Manleigh
James Adamson
Porter's Butler (uncredited)
Joe Bautista
Thomasino (uncredited)
Patti Brady
Kathleen (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Bookie Dancer at Country Club (uncredited)
John Davidson
John, First Waiter (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Country Club Member (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Country Club Member (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Second Waiter (uncredited)
Celeste Holm
Addie Ross (voice) (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Old Man at Table (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Country Club Member (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Miss Jenkins (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Nick Butler (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter
Sadie Dugan (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Headwaiter at Country Club (uncredited)
Carl Switzer
Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Radio Announcer for 'Confessions of Brenda' (voice) (uncredited)
Ruth Vivian
Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director / Writer
John Klempner
Writer
Vera Caspary
Writer
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
A Letter to Three Wives Ratings & Reviews
Mister Arn
May 14, 2025
Great cast with superb script to bring it all together. The script and director both got Oscars and it easy to understand why. The story really makes you think, and maybe appreciate your mate a little more. Watch it!
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Nell Dodson Russell
This film takes a poke at radio soap operas in a slyly pointed fashion.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
Movies this mature, this powerful, this moving, are incredibly rare.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A sophisticated and witty slice of life drama.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Despite its emotional intensity, the film is comic, effervescently so, and its magical ending lends wit a metaphysical dimension.
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
There's a lot more focus on the development of the women while the men in their lives are really just window dressing. It's this angle that makes the film most intriguing.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
[UPDATED 2025 STREAMING REVIEW] Writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's riveting melodrama is set up like a whodunit, only instead of a murderer, the guilty party is a philandering husband.
Movie Metropolis
James Plath
If this were a comedy it might be considered a comedy of manners, because it's all about the social customs of an age-and all the actors do a fine job of bringing the age's nuances to their characters.
Examiner.com
Jeff Beck
"A Letter to Three Wives" remains a very poignant and universal story today, giving you the feeling that it could take place anytime and anywhere. Of course, it also helps that it's just a good old fashioned and entertaining experience.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Mankiewicz's plot device is brilliant and intriguing: On the way to an annual picnic, three housewives learn through a letter that the town's most desirable woman had run off with one of their husbands--flashbacks reveal the state of their marriages.
DVDJournal.com
Betsy Bozdech
Unfortunately, the actual ending falls a little flat, but the rest of the movie is entertaining enough to make up for it.
Kansas City Kansan
Steve Crum
Star-loaded film with innovative plot.
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Matt Bailey
Much of what makes All About Eve such a brilliant film was used previously (and to good effect) in A Letter to Three Wives.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Sharp and bright multi-character film from Mankiewicaz at his best.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
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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