Dear Ruth

1h 35m
ComedyRomance
6.6

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.

Cast

Joan Caulfield
Ruth Wilkins
William Holden
Lt. William Seacroft
Mona Freeman
Miriam Wilkins
Edward Arnold
Judge Harry Wilkins
Billy De Wolfe
Albert Kummer
Mary Philips
Mrs. Edie Wilkins
Virginia Welles
Martha Seacroft
Marietta Canty
Dora
Irving Bacon
Delivery Man
Kevin O'Morrison
Sgt. Chuck Vincent
Isabel Randolph
Mrs. Teaker

Crew

William D. Russell
Director
Arthur Sheekman
Screenplay
Archie Marshek
Editor
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Paul Jones
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Robert Emmett Dolan
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Sydney Moore
Set Decoration
Norman Krasna
Theatre Play
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction

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