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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Poster for Arsenic and Old Lace

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

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!

Cast & Crew

Director
Frank Capra
  • Profile picture of Cary Grant
    Mortimer Brewster Cary Grant
  • Profile picture of Priscilla Lane
    Elaine Harper Brewster Priscilla Lane
  • Profile picture of Josephine Hull
    Aunt Abby Brewster Josephine Hull
  • Profile picture of Jean Adair
    Aunt Martha Brewster Jean Adair
  • Profile picture of Raymond Massey
    Jonathan Brewster Raymond Massey
  • Profile picture of John Alexander
    'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster John Alexander
  • Profile picture of Peter Lorre
    Dr. Einstein Peter Lorre
  • Profile picture of Jack Carson
    Officer Patrick O'Hara Jack Carson

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