Arsenic and Old Lace

7.6 1944 Frank Capra 1h 58m
Comedy Crime
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 cel

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

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Vibes

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