Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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

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!

Date of release
1944-09-01
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (1085)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Director
Frank Capra

Casting

  • Cary Grant — Mortimer Brewster
  • Priscilla Lane — Elaine Harper Brewster
  • Josephine Hull — Aunt Abby Brewster
  • Jean Adair — Aunt Martha Brewster
  • Raymond Massey — Jonathan Brewster
  • John Alexander — 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
  • Peter Lorre — Dr. Einstein
  • Jack Carson — Officer Patrick O'Hara
  • Edward Everett Horton — Mr. Witherspoon
  • James Gleason — Lt. Rooney
  • Grant Mitchell — Reverend Harper
  • Edward McNamara — Sergeant Brophy

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