The read
A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%. Scores higher than 89% of the 246 1940s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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!
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
1,077 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank CapraDirector
- Julius J. EpsteinScreenplay
- Philip G. EpsteinScreenplay
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Leo F. ForbsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
- Priscilla LaneElaine Harper Brewster
- Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
- Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
- Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
- John Alexander'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
- Peter LorreDr. Einstein
- Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick O'Hara
- Edward Everett HortonMr. Witherspoon
- James GleasonLt. Rooney
- Grant MitchellReverend Harper
- Edward McNamaraSergeant Brophy
