Plot Summary
The year is 1942, and Archie Glass Is trying to get into Hollywood. His chance comes as he is offered a job: Find a young white movie star before the press reports that she is missing and he will have a shot at his Hollywood dream. Thus begins a journey into a Los Angeles you have never seen before, the actors who play the maids, the busboys, the background actors in jungle films, all spring into the foreground in this dramatic noir about a man willing to do anything to make his dream come true. Archie searches the back alley of Hollywood and discovers more lies than truth. Ultimately he finds the woman he is looking for and the dark reality of being a black man in tinsel town.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Brown Paper Bag
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
Where to watch free (US)
Cast
Rasheed Stephens
Archie Glass
Tiara Parker
Sandra
Michael Anthony Jr.
Donny
Caesar James
Wingate
Antonio D. Charity
Blackie Philips
Vivia E. Armstrong
Nadine
Anthony M. Bertram
Earl
Suzan Brittan
Script Supervisor
Preston Bruner
Nathan
Amanda Holquin
Mona
Craig Balog
Cowboy
Aaron Bell
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Ashley Akins
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Blake Burns
Gladiator / Angry Crew
Andrew Calderon
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Claudia Camarena
Woman in Bed
James Cobb
Jimmy Stance
Darin Craddolph
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Chris Gardner
Drunk Man
Scott D. Gold
O'Neal
Production Companies
Knuckle Sandwich Productions