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Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)

1209/01/1944 (US)ComedyCrime1h 58m
76%

Movie Score

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

Movie Cast

Cary Grant photo

Cary Grant

Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane photo

Priscilla Lane

Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull photo

Josephine Hull

Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair photo

Jean Adair

Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey photo

Raymond Massey

Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander photo

John Alexander

'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre photo

Peter Lorre

Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson photo

Jack Carson

Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton photo

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason photo

James Gleason

Lt. Rooney

Grant Mitchell photo

Grant Mitchell

Reverend Harper

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

Budget$1,120,175.00

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyWarner Bros. Pictures

Original LanguageEnglish

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