Dear Ruth (1947)

6.7/10 • 95 min • Comedy Romance

Overview

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

William Holden

Lt. William Seacroft

Mona Freeman

Edward Arnold

Judge Harry Wilkins

Billy De Wolfe

Mary Philips

Mrs. Edie Wilkins

Virginia Welles

Martha Seacroft

Marietta Canty

Irving Bacon

Kevin O'Morrison

Sgt. Chuck Vincent

Isabel Randolph

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