Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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

Comedy Crime

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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  • Release Date: 1944-09-01
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Director: Frank Capra

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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

  • Sol Gorss

    New York Pitcher (uncredited)

  • 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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