A Letter for Evie is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Marsha Hunt, John Carroll and Hume Cronyn. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The story is a spinoff of Cyrano de Bergerac, updated to a modern setting.
Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. was a Canadian-American actor and writer. He appeared in many stage productions, television and film roles throughout his career, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Seventh Cross (1944).
L-R: Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead, Henry Hull, William Bendix, Heather Angel, Mary Anderson, Canada Lee, and Hume Cronyn in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944)