Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944
1h 58m
7.6

7.6/10

1,030 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Crime

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

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!

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Status: Released

Budget: $1,120,175

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

poison cemetery insanity cellar marriage halloween murder serial killer writer corpse critic

Quick Facts

Release Date September 1, 1944
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0036613

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

Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell

Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara
Edward McNamara

Sergeant Brophy

Key Crew

Frank Capra
Director
Philip G. Epstein
Screenplay
Frank Capra
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Producer
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay