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!

RATING

7.6 / 10

RELEASE DATE

1944-09-01

DIRECTOR

Frank Capra

RUNNING TIME

1h 58m

Budget: $1,120,175

Revenue: Unknown

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Actors

Cary Grant

Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane

Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull

Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair

Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey

Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander

'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre

Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson

Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason

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