"After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions."
Bette Davis
as Leslie Crosbie
Herbert Marshall
as Robert Crosbie
James Stephenson
as Howard Joyce
Frieda Inescort
as Dorothy Joyce
Gale Sondergaard
as Mrs. Hammond
Bruce Lester
as John Withers
Elizabeth Inglis
as Adele Ainsworth
Cecil Kellaway
as Prescott
Victor Sen Yung
as Ong Chi Seng
Doris Lloyd
as Mrs. Cooper
Willie Fung
as Chung Hi
Tetsu Komai
as Head Boy
Zita Baca
as Woman (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Party Guest (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
David Bruce
as Man (uncredited)
James Carlisle
as Attorney (uncredited)
George Ford
Roland Got
Sam Harris
Holmes Herbert
as Robert's Friend at Bar at Party (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
as Bob's Friend (uncredited)
Pete G. Katchenaro
Crauford Kent
as Robert's Friend at Bar (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Al Lloyd
as Man at Trial (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Philo McCullough
Leonard Mudie
as Fred (uncredited)
David Newell
as Geoffrey Hammond (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Thomas Pogue
as Juror #10 (uncredited)
John Ridgely
as Driver (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley
Douglas Walton
as Well Wisher (uncredited)
Leo White
Otto Yamaoka
as Bartender at Party (uncredited)
Robert Lord
Associate Producer
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Jack L. Warner
Executive In Charge Of Production
Dolph Thomas
Sound
Leo F. Forbstein
Music Director
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
John Villasin
Technical Advisor
Louis Vincenot
William Wyler
Director
W. Somerset Maugham
Theatre Play
Howard Koch
Screenplay
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Producer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Tony Gaudio
Director of Photography
George Amy
Editor
Warren Low
Carl Jules Weyl
Art Direction
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Gordon Bau