Big Brown Eyes (1936)
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67% of users liked it
(379 ratings)
Joan Bennett is a manicurist who becomes a newspaper reporter. She joins forces with jaunty detective Cary Grant to get the goods on a particularly vicious insurance racket. Bennett unwittingly puts her life in danger by dating a supposedly above-board socialite (Walter Pidgeon) who is actually the… More Joan Bennett is a manicurist who becomes a newspaper reporter. She joins forces with jaunty detective Cary Grant to get the goods on a particularly vicious insurance racket. Bennett unwittingly puts her life in danger by dating a supposedly above-board socialite (Walter Pidgeon) who is actually the brains behind the criminal operation. Big Brown Eyes is an enigma; every time we think we're in for a screwball comedy, something awful happens to jolt us back to reality. It's hard to lightly dismiss such scenes as the shooting death of a baby in its stroller. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Raoul Walsh
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 3, 1936 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Offbeat mix of comedy and mystery, inventively styled by Raoul Walsh.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...elevated by the uniformly engaging performances.
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Grant e Bennett formam uma dupla divertida, mas a trama é medíocre e o tom cômico do filme é comprometido em função da péssima decisão de encenar a morte violenta de um bebê.
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Cast
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Joan Bennett
as Eve Fallon
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Cary Grant
as Danny Barr
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Walter Pidgeon
as Richard Morey
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Isabel Jewell
as Bessie Blair
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Lloyd Nolan
as Russ Cortig
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Douglas Fowley
as Benny Bottle
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Marjorie Gateson
as Mrs. Cole
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Alan Baxter
as Cary Butler
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Henry Kleinbach
as Don Butler
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Helen Brown
as Mother
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Don Canfield
as Myrtle
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Dolores Casey
as Cashier
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Eddie Conrad
as Joe
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Sam Flint
as Martin
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Ed "King Fisher" Jones
as Chauffeur
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Francis McDonald
as Malley
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Edwin Maxwell
as Editor
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Charles C. Wilson
as Prosecuting Attorney
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Joe Sawyer
as Jack Sully
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John Picorri
as Defense Attorney
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Charles Martin
as Red
