Dear Ruth
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Synopsis
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.
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Edited by Archie MarshekShot by Ernest LaszloScored by Robert Emmett Dolan
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Joan Caulfield
as Ruth Wilkins
William Holden
as Lt. William Seacroft
Mona Freeman
as Miriam Wilkins
William Holden Nm0000034
as Lt. William Seacroft
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
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