Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Big Brown Eyes is a 1936 crime/detective 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, and both leave their jobs. Soon thereafter, Fallon gets a lucky break while giving a manicure and the case is solved.

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