A Letter for Evie is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Marsha Hunt, John Carroll and Hume Cronyn.
She has her mind set on finding a tall, strong man to marry—one that can wear a Trojan shirt with a 16 1/2 neck size.
She writes a short letter and puts it in a shirt that eventually ends up on Private Edgar "Wolf" Larsen, who has quite a reputation as a ladies' man.
Wolf reads the letter aloud to his bunk mate, John Phoneas McPherson, then throws it away.
Although John is not big and strong like Wolf, but short and small, he decides to pursue Evie by writing her back.
While in Europe, Wolf meets and marries a French girl, leaving John to tell Evie the truth.
Just released from the Army hospital with a wounded leg, he decides to protect both Wolf's honor and Evie's faith by telling her that John is dead, and that he died loving her.