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Big Brown Eyes

Big Brown Eyes

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Big Brown Eyes

1936

1h 17m

6.2(28 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Romance

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.

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Paramount Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Detective Sergeant Danny Barr

Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

Eve Fallon

Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon

Richard Morey

Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

Russ Cortig

Alan Baxter

Alan Baxter

Carey Butler

Marjorie Gateson

Marjorie Gateson

Mrs. Cole

Joe Sawyer

Joe Sawyer

Jack Sully

Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell

Bessie Blair

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Benny Battle

Henry Brandon

Henry Brandon

Don Butler

Creative team

Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Written by: James Edward Grant
Raoul Walsh
Produced by: Walter Wanger

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