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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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Arsenic and Old Lace opened in theaters September 23, 1944. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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!
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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