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Arsenic and Old Lace

Film1944

ComedyCrime
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Director
Frank Capra
Language
English
Released
1944-09-01
Runtime
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The story

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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Cast

  • Cary Grant
    Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
  • Priscilla Lane
    Priscilla LaneElaine Harper Brewster
  • Josephine Hull
    Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
  • Jean Adair
    Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
  • Raymond Massey
    Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
  • John Alexander
    John Alexander'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
  • Peter Lorre
    Peter LorreDr. Einstein
  • Jack Carson
    Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick O'Hara
  • Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett HortonMr. Witherspoon
  • James Gleason
    James GleasonLt. Rooney