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Dear Ruth (1947)
Directed by William D. Russell
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Comedy, Romance · 1h 35m
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
- Director
- William D. Russell
- Screenplay
- Arthur Sheekman
- Director of Photography
- Ernest Laszlo
- Original Music Composer
- Robert Emmett Dolan
- Editor
- Archie Marshek
- Producer
- Paul Jones
Details
- Release date
- 1947-06-10
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures