The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Raoul WalshDirector
- Gerard CarbonaraOriginal Music Composer
- Bert HanlonScreenplay
- Raoul WalshScreenplay
Cast
- Cary GrantDetective Sergeant Danny Barr
- Joan BennettEve Fallon
- Walter PidgeonRichard Morey
- Lloyd NolanRuss Cortig
- Alan BaxterCarey Butler
- Marjorie GatesonMrs. Cole
- Joe SawyerJack Sully
- Isabel JewellBessie Blair
- Douglas FowleyBenny Battle
- Henry BrandonDon Butler
- Edwin MaxwellNewspaper Editor
- Doris CanfieldMyrtle
Stills
Themes
jewel theftmanicuristpolice reporter