Arsenic and Old Lace
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7.6 | 1944 | 1h 58m

Arsenic and Old Lace

ComedyCrime

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!

Frank Capra Director
Julius J. Epstein Screenplay
Philip G. Epstein Screenplay

Top Billed 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

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason

James Gleason

Lt. Rooney