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Wikipedia article




'Big Brown Eyes' is a 1936 American crime comedy film. In the film, police officer Danny Barr (Cary Grant) is chasing jewel robbers. His girlfriend Eve Fallon (Joan Bennett) is initially working as a manicurist, but quickly takes a job as a reporter assisting in the effort against the jewel thieves. Fallon and Barr become disgusted when one jewel gang member is acquitted after killing a baby in Central Park, and both leave their jobs. Soon thereafter, Fallon gets a lucky break while giving a manicure and the case is solved.

Main cast



*Cary Grant as Det. Sgt. Danny Barr

*Joan Bennett as Eve Fallon

*Walter Pidgeon as Richard Morey

*Lloyd Nolan as Russ Cortig

*Alan Baxter as Cary Butler

*Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Chesley Cole

*Isabel Jewell as Bessie Blair

*Douglas Fowley as Benjamin 'Benny' Battle

Reception



The film recorded a loss of $14,645. Critics have regarded it as "disposable" and "inconsequential" with "shoddy writing and generally uninspired performances."

Writing for 'The Spectator' in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a positive review, characterizing it as "a fast well-directed and quite unsentimental gangster film, pleasantly free from emotion". (reprinted in: )

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