Movie
Arsenic and Old Lace
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!
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Checked Jul 23, 2026
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Synopsis
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!
More about Arsenic and Old Lace
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'HaraCredits
- Directed by
- Frank Capra
- Written by
- Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.1M
Production
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
