Facing El Chapo
2026 · Crime · Action
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Film / 1936
The Brown Wallet
Directed by
Michael Powell
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 story
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.
Cast
Patric KnowlesJohn Gillespie
Nancy O'NeilEleanor
Henry CaineSimmonds
Henrietta WatsonAunt Mary
Charlotte LeighMiss Barton
Shayle GardnerWotherspoone
Edward DalbyMinting
Eliot MakehamHobday
Bruce WinstonJulian Thorpe
Louis GoodrichCoroner
Dick FrancisDetective
Charles HawtreyBit Part (uncredited)
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