

Brown Paper Bag
2020, English. Directed by Detdrich McClure.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Brown Paper Bag is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in India.
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Cast & crew
- Detdrich McClureDirector
- Rasheed StephensArchie Glass
- Tiara ParkerSandra
- Michael Anthony Jr.Donny
- Caesar JamesWingate
- Antonio D. CharityBlackie Philips
- Vivia E. ArmstrongNadine
- Anthony M. BertramEarl
- Suzan BrittanScript Supervisor
- Preston BrunerNathan
- Amanda HolquinMona
- Craig BalogCowboy
- Aaron BellGuy Getting Arrested 2
Details
- Released
- 14 February 2020
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Detdrich McClure
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Brown Paper Bag runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Brown Paper Bag is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in India. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Brown Paper Bag?
Brown Paper Bag (2020) was directed by Detdrich McClure and stars Rasheed Stephens, Tiara Parker, Michael Anthony Jr..