Bosley Crowther: THE SCREEN; 'The Letter,' With Bette Davis and James Stephenson, a Communication of Brooding Evil, at the Strand. In: The New York Times. 23. November 1940, ISSN0362-4331 (nytimes.com [abgerufen am 8. April 2023]).
Richard Gilliam: Kritik zu Das Geheimnis von Malampur (Memento vom 8. Oktober 2019 im Internet Archive) bei AllMovie (englisch) „The Letter combines William Wyler's smooth direction and a fine performance from Bette Davis into one of the screen's best melodramas. The film is distinguished by its lush production values, including Tony Gaudio's cinematography and costume gowns by Orry-Kelly, but mostly it is Davis who carries the film. She is ably assisted by her co-stars, particularly Herbert Marshall as her husband and James Stephenson as her lawyer. W. Somerset Maugham's source novel provides a strong framework, which had been filmed before in 1929, with Marshall as the murdered lover.“
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Bosley Crowther: THE SCREEN; 'The Letter,' With Bette Davis and James Stephenson, a Communication of Brooding Evil, at the Strand. In: The New York Times. 23. November 1940, ISSN0362-4331 (nytimes.com [abgerufen am 8. April 2023]).
