Directed by:
Joseph L. MankiewiczCinematography:
Arthur C. MillerComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence, Jeffrey Lynn, Connie Gilchrist, Florence Bates, Hobart Cavanaugh (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
The letter of the title is written with a poisonous pen: the three women (portrayed by Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, and Ann Sothern) receive a note stating that one of their husbands has run off with a woman named Addie Ross - which husband in particular, however, remains unmentioned, though each husband had their own affinity for Ross. And so amid the women’s mounting anxiety commences a series of flashbacks, each telling the story of how the three individual marriages had come in their own way to be so strained at the present. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Jeanne Crain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/676/161676683_ee1a98.jpg)
Jeanne Crain
USA
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
![Linda Darnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/848/162848186_eaa3ed.jpg)
Linda Darnell
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
![Ann Sothern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000282_ced624.jpg)
Ann Sothern
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
The Best Man (1964)
Footlight Parade (1933)
![Kirk Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/709/162709911_18b2aa.jpg)
Kirk Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Paul Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262620_0cd1a0.jpg)
Paul Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Clash by Night (1952)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
![Barbara Lawrence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058524_d8a61b.jpg)
Barbara Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Joe Dakota (1957)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
The Star (1952)
![Jeffrey Lynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792797_c133e3.jpg)
Jeffrey Lynn
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
![Connie Gilchrist](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/561/159561336_2c2134.jpg)
Connie Gilchrist
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Little Women (1949)
Act of Violence (1948)
![Florence Bates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465159_be6edf.jpg)
Florence Bates
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Rebecca (1940)
The Tall Target (1951)
![Hobart Cavanaugh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053811_60940b.jpg)
Hobart Cavanaugh
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
The House of Fear (1945)
![Celeste Holm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/359/164359991_8e16cc.png)
Celeste Holm
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
![Thelma Ritter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/403/403325_a0fe5a.jpg)
Thelma Ritter
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
All About Eve (1950)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
![Mae Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279680_87e7fa.jpg)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![Patti Brady](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/696/159696507_3c9101.jpg)
Patti Brady
USA
Best movies:
State of the Union (1948)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Ralph Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Charles Tannen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/874/159874797_6103c6.jpg)
Charles Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Country Girl (1954)
The Proud Ones (1956)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Cosmo Sardo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/937/159937729_e3cbea.jpg)
Cosmo Sardo
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/822/161822805_ab345b.gif)
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Ten Commandments (1956)