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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 7.6 (962 votes) 1h 58m
Genres
Comedy Crime
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures

Arsenic and Old Lace

She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

Overview

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

Key Crew

Director: Frank Capra

Screenplay: Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein

Producer: Frank Capra, Jack L. Warner

Director of Photography: Sol Polito

Top Cast

Cary Grant
Cary Grant

Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane
Priscilla Lane

Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull
Josephine Hull

Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair
Jean Adair

Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey

Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander
John Alexander

'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre

Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson
Jack Carson

Officer Patrick O'Hara

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