A Letter to Three Wives
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{{Infobox_Film
|name = A Letter to Three Wives
|image = ALetterToThreeWives.jpg
|caption = (Left to right) Darnell, Sothern and Crain
|director = Joseph L. Mankiewicz
|producer = Sol C. Siegel
|writer = John Klempner (novel)
Vera Caspary
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
|starring = Jeanne Crain
Linda Darnell
Ann Sothern
Kirk Douglas
Paul Douglas
|music = Alfred Newman
|cinematography = Arthur C. Miller
|editing = J. Watson Webb Jr.
|distributor = Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
|released = January 20, 1949
|runtime = 103 min.
|language = English
|budget =
|imdb_id = 0041587
|}}
A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 film which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women, telling them she has left town with the husband of one of them. It stars Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas and Paul Douglas. An uncredited Celeste Holm provides the voice of Addie Ross, the unseen woman who authored the title letter.
The movie was adapted by Vera Caspary and Joseph L. Mankiewicz from the novel Letter to Five Wives by John Klempner. It was directed by Mankiewicz, who went on to direct All About Eve the following year.
It won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture.