Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Genres - Drama, Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Release Date - Apr 3, 1936 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 76 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.
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reporter, detective, witness, criminal, manicurist, press, trial [courtroom], victim, jewel-robbery, newspaper, gangster, investigation, romance
