Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

118 min

7.6

Ends at

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!

Budget

$1,120,175

Genre

Comedy, Crime

Director

Frank Capra

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Cary Grant

Priscilla Lane

Josephine Hull

Jean Adair

Raymond Massey

John Alexander

Peter Lorre

Jack Carson

Edward Everett Horton

James Gleason

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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 cellar!

  • Cary Grant

  • Priscilla Lane

  • Josephine Hull

  • Jean Adair

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