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The Brown Wallet (1936)

The Brown Wallet poster
Directed by
Michael Powell
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man finds a brown wallet that pulls him into a criminal situation. He must deal with the consequences of his discovery.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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