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Love Letters

  • 1945
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  • 1h 41m
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7.1/10
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Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Love Letters (1945)
DramaMysteryRomance

Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...

  • Director
    • William Dieterle
  • Writers
    • Ayn Rand
    • Christopher Massie
  • Stars
    • Jennifer Jones
    • Joseph Cotten
    • Ann Richards
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    1.6K
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    • Director
      • William Dieterle
    • Writers
      • Ayn Rand
      • Christopher Massie
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Jones
      • Joseph Cotten
      • Ann Richards
    • 29User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 4 Oscars
      • 5 nominations total

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    Jennifer Jones
    Jennifer Jones
    • Victoria Morland aka Singleton
    Joseph Cotten
    Joseph Cotten
    • Alan Quinton
    Ann Richards
    Ann Richards
    • Dilly Carson
    Cecil Kellaway
    Cecil Kellaway
    • Mac
    Gladys Cooper
    Gladys Cooper
    • Beatrice Remington
    Anita Louise
    Anita Louise
    • Helen Wentworth
    Robert Sully
    Robert Sully
    • Roger Morland
    Reginald Denny
    Reginald Denny
    • Defense Counsel Phillips
    Ernest Cossart
    Ernest Cossart
    • Bishop
    Byron Barr
    Byron Barr
    • Derek Quinton
    Harry Allen
    • Farmer
    • (uncredited)
    Conrad Binyon
    • Boy in Library
    • (uncredited)
    Nina Borget
    • Italian Waitress
    • (uncredited)
    Matthew Boulton
    Matthew Boulton
    • Judge
    • (uncredited)
    Clifford Brooke
    Clifford Brooke
    • Cart Driver
    • (uncredited)
    David Clyde
    David Clyde
    • Postman
    • (uncredited)
    Alec Craig
    Alec Craig
    • Dodd
    • (uncredited)
    Catherine Craig
    Catherine Craig
    • Jeanette Campbell
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William Dieterle
    • Writers
      • Ayn Rand
      • Christopher Massie
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The role of Singleton was initially planned for Ann Richards, but after Jennifer became available, Richards ended up playing Dilly, Singleton's friend.
    • Goofs
      Dilly Carson relates to Alan Quinton that she found Singleton sitting by the fireplace with a bloody knife and a letter from which Dilly quotes the signature line, "I think of you my dearest as the distance promise of beauty". But during the climactic flashback, we see the letter with that very line burning in the fireplace.
    • Quotes

      Singleton: I think very few people are happy. They wait all their lives for something to happen to them - something great and wonderful. They don't know what it is but they wait for it. Sometimes it never happens. What they want is the kind of spirit I found in those letters. A spirit that makes life beautiful. I love that man. I loved him more than my own life. I still love him. So you see, I couldn't have loved Roger Moreland, the man I killed.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Mommie Dearest (1981)

    User reviews29

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    romantic and soppy, yet strangely endearing...
    This film is more than just the best of the "other fellow writes love notes" genre. The Ayn Rand screenplay, though a potboiler, conveys the absolutist nature of true romantic love, which certainly dovetailed nicely with her objectivist philosophy. Jennifer Jones is lovely as ever, and extremely convincing in her amnesiac role. A fine film.
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    • squid-13
    • Jul 30, 1999

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    • Release date
      • October 26, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ljubavna pisma
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Hal Wallis Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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