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Arsenic and Old Lace

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!
1944
118 min
7.6
Comedy / Crime
Genres
Comedy / Crime
Runtime
118 min
Year
1944
Director
Frank Capra
Writers
Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures

Top Billed Cast

Cary Grant
Cary Grant
Mortimer Brewster
Priscilla Lane
Priscilla Lane
Elaine Harper Brewster
Josephine Hull
Josephine Hull
Aunt Abby Brewster
Jean Adair
Jean Adair
Aunt Martha Brewster
Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey
Jonathan Brewster
John Alexander
John Alexander
'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Dr. Einstein
Jack Carson
Jack Carson
Officer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Witherspoon
James Gleason
James Gleason
Lt. Rooney

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