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Dear Ruth is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William D. Russell released in USA on 10 june 1947 with Joan Caulfield
Dear Ruth (1947)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 10 june 1947
Length 1h35
Directed by William D. Russell
OriginUSA
Themes Films based on plays
Rating71%
Dear Ruth is a 1947 romantic comedy film starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, and Edward Arnold. It was based on the Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. A teenage girl has a soldier for a pen pal, but uses her older sister's name and photograph. Then the man shows up while on a two-day leave.
Actors
Joan Caulfield
(Ruth Wilkins)
William Holden
(Lt. William Seacroft)
Mona Freeman
(Miriam Wilkins)
Edward Arnold
(Judge Harry Wilkins)
Billy De Wolfe
(Albert Kummer)
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