Movies and TvShows featuring "based-on-a-play-based-on-a-short-story" theme.

When a woman kills a man in self-defense at a rubber plantation in Malaya, she faces a sensational trial that uncovers a web of deceit and betrayal. As her lawyer uncovers the truth, the woman's dark secrets are revealed, leading to unexpected consequences. The Letter is a tense courtroom drama that explores themes of passion, deception, and the suppression of evidence.

The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.

A woman shoots her lover and goes on trial for murder. The incriminating letter, which could prove her innocence, is in the possession of the man's wife. The woman must overcome blackmail and scandal to obtain the letter and clear her name.