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!
1944 · NR · 1h 58m · Comedy, Crime
Genres: Comedy, Crime
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…
Director: Frank Capra
Writers: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
Music by: Max Steiner, Leo F. Forbstein
Cinematography: Sol Polito
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Budget: $1M · Rated 7.6/10 by 1081 viewers
Cast
Cary Grant as Mortimer BrewsterPriscilla Lane as Elaine Harper BrewsterJosephine Hull as Aunt Abby BrewsterJean Adair as Aunt Martha BrewsterRaymond Massey as Jonathan BrewsterJohn Alexander as 'Teddy Roosevelt' BrewsterPeter Lorre as Dr. EinsteinJack Carson as Officer Patrick O'HaraEdward Everett Horton as Mr. WitherspoonJames Gleason as Lt. RooneyGrant Mitchell as Reverend HarperEdward McNamara as Sergeant BrophyMore like this
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