Dear Ruth (1947)
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95 min
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.
- Release date
- June 10, 1947
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Joan Caulfield as Ruth Wilkins
- William Holden as Lt. William Seacroft
- Mona Freeman as Miriam Wilkins
- Edward Arnold as Judge Harry Wilkins
- Billy De Wolfe as Albert Kummer
- Mary Philips as Mrs. Edie Wilkins
- Virginia Welles as Martha Seacroft
- Kevin O'Morrison as Sgt. Chuck Vincent
- Marietta Canty as Dora
- Irving Bacon as Delivery Man
Crew
- William D. Russell · Director
- Arthur Sheekman · Writer
- Norman Krasna · Writer
- Paul Jones · Producer
- Robert Emmett Dolan · Composer
- Ernest Laszlo · Cinematographer
- Archie Marshek · Editor