1936

1h 17m

6.3(24 votes)

Comedy

Mystery

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

73 members

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Cary Grant

Detective Sergeant Danny Barr

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Joan Bennett

Eve Fallon

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Walter Pidgeon

Richard Morey

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Lloyd Nolan

Russ Cortig

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Alan Baxter

Carey Butler

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Marjorie Gateson

Mrs. Cole

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Joe Sawyer

Jack Sully

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Isabel Jewell

Bessie Blair

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Douglas Fowley

Benny Battle

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Henry Brandon

Don Butler

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Edwin Maxwell

Newspaper Editor

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Doris Canfield

Myrtle

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Dolores Casey

Cashier

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Guy Usher

Judge Davis (Uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Man Exiting Elevator (Uncredited)

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Helen Brown

Bereaved Mother (Uncredited)

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Allen Connor

Husband (Uncredited)

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Eddie Conrad

Joe, Italian Barber (Uncredited)

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Jack Daley

Mooney (Uncredited)

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Sam Flint

Martin (Uncredited)

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Bud Geary

Gangster (Uncredited)

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Bert Hanlon

Farrell (Uncredited)

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Eddie Hines

Shoeshine Man (Uncredited)

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Ed Jones

Chauffeur (Uncredited)

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Jack Kennedy

Mahoney (Uncredited)

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George MacQuarrie

Chief of Detectives (Uncredited)

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Charles Martin

Red (Uncredited)

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Francis McDonald

Malley (Uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Lee (Uncredited)

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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Chalky (Uncredited)

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Homer Dickenson

Police Chief (Uncredited)

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Kernan Cripps

Police Telephone Operator (Uncredited)

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Chuck Hamilton

Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

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Fred Anderson

Elevator Operator (Uncredited)

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Ray Cordell

Elevator Operator (Uncredited)

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Don Brodie

Customer (Uncredited)

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Raymond Hargrave

Customer (Uncredited)

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William Arnold

Customer (Uncredited)

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Ethel Mandell

Maid (Uncredited)

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Geraldine Leslie

Maid (Uncredited)

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Hal Greene

Page (Uncredited)

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Rex Moore

Page (Uncredited)

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Charles C. Wilson

Prosecuting Attorney (Uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Assistant Prosecutor (Uncredited)

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John Picorri

Defense Attorney (Uncredited)

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Jack Stoney

Assistant District Attorney (Uncredited)

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John Reese

Prisoner (Uncredited)

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Steve Strelich

Prisoner (Uncredited)

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George Warren

Polo Player (Uncredited)

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Lionel Pedley

Polo Player (Uncredited)

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Bill McGeary

Barber (Uncredited)

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Billy Sullivan

Barber (Uncredited)

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Francis Sayles

Barber (Uncredited)

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Jay Eaton

Barber (Uncredited)

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John T. Dillon

Barber (Uncredited)

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Mal Merrihugh

Barber (Uncredited)

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Phil Dunham

Barber (Uncredited)

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Betty Gordon

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Betty Van Auken

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Dorothy Ward

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Frances Morris

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Eleanor Huntley

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Ethel Sykes

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Gale Goodson

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Gwynne Shipman

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Helaine Moler

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Jeannette Warren

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Jinx Falkenburg

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Kay Gordon

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Mary Bovard

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Roberta Theiss

Manicurist (Uncredited)

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Armand 'Curly' Wright

Barber (uncredited)

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Lloyd Taylor

Barber (uncredited)

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