Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · TMDB 7.6
Directed by Frank Capra
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!
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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!
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- Runtime
- 118 min
- Released
- 1944-09-01
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.6
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Key contributors
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Frank Capra
Director
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Julius J. Epstein
Writer
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Philip G. Epstein
Writer
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Cary Grant
Mortimer Brewster
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Priscilla Lane
Elaine Harper Brewster
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Josephine Hull
Aunt Abby Brewster
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Jean Adair
Aunt Martha Brewster
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Raymond Massey
Jonathan Brewster
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John Alexander
'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
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Peter Lorre
Dr. Einstein
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Jack Carson
Officer Patrick O'Hara