The Brown Wallet
1936•1h 8m•9.0•Released
CrimeThriller
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.
Director
Michael Powell
Writer
Ian Dalrymple
Studio
Warner Bros. First National
Cast
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)
Jane Millican
Miss Bloxham
George Mills
Detective
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