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Arsenic and Old Lace

She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

  • Movie
  • 1944
  • NR
  • 1h 58m

Directed by Frank Capra

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 1,097 votes

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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!

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Cast and crew

  • 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

  • Grant Mitchell

    Grant MitchellReverend Harper

  • Edward McNamara

    Edward McNamaraSergeant Brophy

  • Garry Owen

    Garry OwenTaxi Cab Driver

  • John Ridgely

    John RidgelyOfficer Saunders

  • Vaughan Glaser

    Vaughan GlaserJudge Cullman

  • Chester Clute

    Chester CluteDr. Gilchrist

  • Charles Lane

    Charles LaneReporter at Marriage License Office

  • Edward McWade

    Edward McWadeGibbs

Director
Frank Capra
Writer
Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein
Music
Max Steiner and Leo F. Forbstein
Cinematography
Sol Polito