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Cast

Joan Caulfield

Joan Caulfield

Ruth Wilkins

William Holden

William Holden

Lt. William Seacroft

Mona Freeman

Mona Freeman

Miriam Wilkins

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

Judge Harry Wilkins

Billy De Wolfe

Billy De Wolfe

Albert Kummer

Mary Philips

Mary Philips

Mrs. Edie Wilkins

Virginia Welles

Virginia Welles

Martha Seacroft

Marietta Canty

Marietta Canty

Dora

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Delivery Man

Kevin O'Morrison

Kevin O'Morrison

Sgt. Chuck Vincent

Isabel Randolph

Isabel Randolph

Mrs. Teaker

Crew

Arthur Sheekman

Arthur Sheekman

Screenplay

Norman Krasna

Norman Krasna

Theatre Play

William D. Russell

William D. Russell

Director

Robert Emmett Dolan

Robert Emmett Dolan

Original Music Composer

Ernest Laszlo

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Paul Jones

Paul Jones

Producer

Archie Marshek

Archie Marshek

Editor

A. Earl Hedrick

A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Edith Head

Edith Head

Costume Design

Sydney Moore

Sydney Moore

Set Decoration

Hans Dreier

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

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Dear Ruth

19476.6 / 1095 min
Comedy, Romance

Overview

From Broadway... To Chicago... To Los Angeles... Ten Million People Roared At The Play. Now YOU can see the funniest stage hit in years!

Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to both Ruth and Bill, Ruth's younger sister, Miriam, has been writing the letters and signing Ruth's name as part of a program to keep up soldiers' morale. Although Ruth has just gotten engaged to a coworker, she agrees to see Bill and pretend she wrote the letters.