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Joan Bennett, Cary Grant, Walter Pidgeon, Isabel Jewell, Lloyd Nolan ... see more see more... , Douglas Fowley , Marjorie Gateson , Alan Baxter , Henry Kleinbach , Helen Brown , Don Canfield , Dolores Casey , Eddie Conrad , Sam Flint , Ed "King Fisher" Jones , Francis McDonald , Edwin Maxwell , Charles C. Wilson , Joe Sawyer , John Picorri , Charles Martin

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 h... read more read more...er 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

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Unrated, 1 hr. 16 min.

Directed by: Raoul Walsh

Release Date: April 3, 1936

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  • September 15, 2010
    Great movie with Grant, if you're a fan, you should see this one.
  • December 25, 2008
    Just another programmer churned out in the thirties as fodder for the lower half of the bill but also used as building blocks for stars, this has two of the best with Cary Grant and Joan Bennett a nice team, a shame they didn't get to work together when they were at the top, they... read more have a really nice chemistry with each other.
  • March 9, 2009
    Decent blueprint for amalgamations to to come. Some comedy, some mystery, some crime-drama. A little bit a of everything on the high-speed cycle. It's been done better, but some unusual twists and some good ideas. Joan Bennett is particularly good here.

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Michael E. Grost
July 17, 2009
Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television

Offbeat mix of comedy and mystery, inventively styled by Raoul Walsh. Full Review

David Nusair
December 7, 2006
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

...elevated by the uniformly engaging performances. Full Review

Pablo Villaca
April 26, 2006
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.

Frank S. Nugent
August 8, 2006
Frank S. Nugent, New York Times

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