The Brown Wallet (1936)
Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly approaches a wealthy aunt for assistance but is met with a stony-faced refusal.
- Date of release
- 1936-07-20
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Director
- Michael Powell
Casting
- Patric Knowles — John Gillespie
- Nancy O'Neil — Eleanor
- Henry Caine — Simmonds
- Henrietta Watson — Aunt Mary
- Charlotte Leigh — Miss Barton
- Shayle Gardner — Wotherspoone
- Edward Dalby — Minting
- Eliot Makeham — Hobday
- Bruce Winston — Julian Thorpe
- Louis Goodrich — Coroner
- Dick Francis — Detective
- Charles Hawtrey — Bit Part (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Brown Wallet is a lost 1936 British crime film, directed by Michael Powell and starring Patric Knowles. It was written by Ian Dalrymple, adapted from a short story by Stacy Aumonier.
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