In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared mysteriously. Using a false name, Lewis Venable rents a room from Juliana Bordereau, once Jeffrey Ashton's lover, now an aged recluse. Running the household is Juliana's severe niece, Tina, who mistrusts Venable from the first moment. He realizes all is not right when late one night he finds Tina, her hair unpinned and wild, at the piano. She calls him Jeffrey and throws herself at him. The family priest warns Venable to tread carefully around her fantasies, but he wants the letters at any cost, even Tina's sanity.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Stars: Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Lorring, Eduardo Ciannelli, John Archer
Crew: Bud Westmore (Makeup Designer), Martin Gabel (Director), Leonardo Bercovici (Screenplay), Henry James (Novel), Walter Wanger (Producer), Daniele Amfitheatrof (Original Music Composer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Walter Wanger Productions
Runtime: 89 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 21, 1947
IMDb: 4.5
Keywords:love letter, publisher
