Big Brown Eyes

Apr 3, 1936

1h 17m

★ 6.3

Overview

Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

Production Companies

Walter Wanger Productions

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Detective Sergeant Danny Barr

Cary Grant

Eve Fallon

Joan Bennett

Richard Morey

Walter Pidgeon

Russ Cortig

Lloyd Nolan

Carey Butler

Alan Baxter

Mrs. Cole

Marjorie Gateson

Jack Sully

Joe Sawyer

Bessie Blair

Isabel Jewell

Benny Battle

Douglas Fowley

Don Butler

Henry Brandon

Newspaper Editor

Edwin Maxwell

Myrtle

Doris Canfield

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