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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!

1 September 1944 · 1h 58mComedyCrime

★ 7.6 / 10 · 1,090 votes on TMDB

Directed by Frank Capra

What it's about

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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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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