Arsenic and Old Lace
993 reviews
Comedy/Crime
1h 58m
1944
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...
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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!
- DirectorFrank Capra
- Release1 September 1944
- Genre
- Duration1h 58m
- Budget$1,120,175
- Revenue?
- Rate993 reviews
- Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast

Cary Grant
Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane
Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull
Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair
Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey
Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander
'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre
Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson
Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason
Lt. Rooney

Grant Mitchell
Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara
Sergeant Brophy

Garry Owen
Taxi Cab Driver

John Ridgely
Officer Saunders

Vaughan Glaser
Judge Cullman

Chester Clute
Dr. Gilchrist

Charles Lane
Reporter at Marriage License Office

Edward McWade
Gibbs

Hank Mann
Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)

Spencer Charters
Marriage License Clerk

Lee Phelps
Umpire (uncredited)

Raymond Walburn
Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell
Young Man in Line (uncredited)

Leo White
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
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