The Brown Wallet

The Brown Wallet

68 mins | Crime, Thriller | July 20, 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.

The Brown Wallet

68 mins | Crime, Thriller | July 20, 1936

The Brown Wallet
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.
Producers Warner Bros. First National
Original title The Brown Wallet
Directors Michael Powell
Writers Stacy Aumonier, Ian Dalrymple

Cast

Patric Knowles

as John Gillespie

Nancy O'Neil

as Eleanor

Henry Caine

as Simmonds

Henrietta Watson

as Aunt Mary

Charlotte Leigh

as Miss Barton

Shayle Gardner

as Wotherspoone

Edward Dalby

as Minting

Eliot Makeham

as Hobday

Bruce Winston

as Julian Thorpe

Louis Goodrich

as Coroner

Dick Francis

as Detective

Charles Hawtrey

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Jane Millican

as Miss Bloxham

George Mills

as Detective