Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·Released

7.6
ComedyCrime

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!

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

Garry Owen

Garry Owen

Taxi Cab Driver

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Officer Saunders

Details

Release Date
1944-09-01
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget
$1M

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