Big Brown Eyes

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.

Cast

Cary Grant

as Detective Sergeant Danny Barr

Joan Bennett

as Eve Fallon

Walter Pidgeon

as Richard Morey

Lloyd Nolan

as Russ Cortig

Alan Baxter

as Carey Butler

Marjorie Gateson

as Mrs. Cole

Joe Sawyer

as Jack Sully

Isabel Jewell

as Bessie Blair

Douglas Fowley

as Benny Battle

Henry Brandon

as Don Butler

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