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!

Movie · Comedy, Crime · 1h 58m · Rated 7.6/10 on TMDB · Released September 1, 1944

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!

Directed by Frank Capra

Cast

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

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