Film · Crime, Comedy
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!
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!
- Director
- Frank Capra
- Writers
- Joseph Kesselring, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 1, 1944
Cast
Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
Priscilla LaneElaine Harper Brewster
Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
John Alexander'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Peter LorreDr. Einstein
Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett HortonMr. Witherspoon
James GleasonLt. Rooney
Grant MitchellReverend Harper
Edward McNamaraSergeant Brophy
Garry OwenTaxi Cab Driver
John RidgelyOfficer Saunders
Vaughan GlaserJudge Cullman
Chester CluteDr. Gilchrist
Charles LaneReporter at Marriage License Office
Edward McWadeGibbs
Hank MannPhotographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Spencer ChartersMarriage License Clerk
