The Brown Wallet

Jul 20, 1936

1h 8m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Warner Bros. First National

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Cast

John Gillespie

Patric Knowles

Eleanor

Nancy O'Neil

Simmonds

Henry Caine

Aunt Mary

Henrietta Watson

Miss Barton

Charlotte Leigh

Wotherspoone

Shayle Gardner

Minting

Edward Dalby

Hobday

Eliot Makeham

Julian Thorpe

Bruce Winston

Coroner

Louis Goodrich

Detective

Dick Francis

Bit Part (uncredited)

Charles Hawtrey

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