Love Letters

While serving in Italy during World War II, Alan Quinton begins composing letters that are passed to Victoria Remington via his friend Roger Morland. He uses the letters to express feelings he could not voice in person. Victoria becomes the imagined pin-up of the spirit he clings to, even though he has never met her.

Alan reveals Victoria has fallen in love with the letters, and Roger decides to leave for paratrooper training in England. He plans to check on Victoria and visit during leave. The departure strains the fragile connection between the two men.

During the Italian front, Alan is injured and soon discovers that Roger Morland has died. The loss intensifies his sense of isolation and heightens the weight of the letters and Victoria's imagined image. He confronts a future where neither Victoria nor Roger can be reached in person.

Struggling to adapt to civilian life and with his fiancée Helen Wentworth, Alan decides to live at his aunt Beatrice's farm in Essex. He seeks a quieter countryside life as a way to cope with his wartime experiences. This move marks a turning point away from his old London circle.

In London, Alan's brother takes him to a party where he drunkenly recounts the letters and the emotions he has projected onto a woman he has never met. Dilly Carson realizes the story concerns Victoria, and she tells Alan that a murder is connected to the letters. The revelation begins to unravel the truth behind the epistolary romance.

Alan and his fiancée Helen Wentworth realize they are not in love and part amicably. He then relocates to the aunt's farm in Essex to continue his life away from the old plans and memories. The separation clears a path for his future relationship with Singleton/Victoria to unfold.

While at the Longreach farm, Alan learns that Victoria died over a year earlier. He also discovers that Roger Morland was murdered by his wife. This revelation shakes his perception of the letters and the people he has imagined them for. He begins to understand the deeper, darker consequences of his epistolary romance.

Back in London, Dilly confesses that Singleton is actually Victoria Remington and has amnesia. She begs Alan not to tell Singleton that he wrote the letters because Victoria had fallen in love with Roger through them. The revelation complicates the truth they all must face.

Dilly recounts the night of the murder: Roger is stabbed in the country house on Longreach, and Victoria, though holding the weapon, cannot remember what happened. After a trial, Victoria is placed in a psychiatric hospital for a year and then released into Dilly's care, never fully regaining her memory. Victoria emerges as Singleton, still haunted by events she cannot recall.

Alan marries Singleton, who is Victoria in disguise, after Beatrice Remington gives her consent as the adoptive mother. The marriage brings together two identities that have been living a lie, though Alan remains drawn to memories of the other man or woman. The ceremony marks a fragile joining of their intertwined histories.

The couple's union is strained as Alan remains attracted to what Singleton believes to be another woman. The tension stems from the conflicting memories and identities hidden within Victoria's past. The relationship teeters as Alan grapples with his own feelings and the truth he cannot yet acknowledge.

Beatrice returns to the farm, and Singleton experiences a surge of repressed memories during a country drive toward Longreach. Beatrice's presence prompts a reconnect with the past she has long denied. The memory fragments begin to surface, hinting at what truly happened that night.

Singleton speaks with Beatrice and slowly pieces together the events: Victoria and an intoxicated Roger argued as she rereads the letters, discovering Roger was not the letter-writer and had become abusive. Beatrice stabs Roger to protect Victoria's loved letters, while Victoria fights to preserve them. The memory returns with a flood of truth.

As Beatrice's recollections come to life, Victoria realizes Alan was the author of the letters. The two finally acknowledge their true identities and share a passionate kiss, sealing their long-delayed connection. The moment resolves the central tension between their intertwined lives.