1940, 96 min., b&w

Credits: Hal B. Wallis, producer; William Wyler, director; screenplay by Howard Koch, based upon the play by W. Somerset Maugham

Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard

Summary: A murderess (Davis) tries to justify her crime by pleading self-defense, but a letter proves otherwise. Pauline Kael dubbed her performance as "very likely the best study of female sexual hypocrisy in film history."
The dvd includes a recently discovered alternate ending sequence, the 4/21/41 Lux Radio Theater adaptation starring Davis and Marshall and Stephenson, the 3/6/44 adaptation starring Davis and Marshall, and the original theatrical trailer.