

Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Movie · 1h 58m · NR
ComedyCrime
"She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!"
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!
Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Key crew
- Frank CapraDirector
- Philip G. EpsteinScreenplay
- Julius J. 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
Stills
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Themes
poisoncemeteryinsanitycellarmarriagehalloweenmurderserial killerwritercorpsecritic























