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!
118 min
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!
- Release date
- September 1, 1944
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,120,175
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Cast
- Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster
- Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper
- Josephine Hull as Abby Brewster
- Jean Adair as Martha Brewster
- Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster
- John Alexander as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
- Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein
- Jack Carson as O'Hara
- Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Witherspoon
- James Gleason as Police Lt. Rooney
- Grant Mitchell as Reverend Harper
- Edward McNamara as Sergeant Brophy
- Garry Owen as Taxi Cab Driver
- John Ridgely as Officer Saunders
- Vaughan Glaser as Judge Cullman
- Chester Clute as Dr. Gilchrist
- Charles Lane as Reporter at Marriage License Office
- Edward McWade as Gibbs
- Hank Mann as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
- Spencer Charters as Marriage License Clerk
- Sol Gorss as New York Pitcher (uncredited)
- Lee Phelps as Umpire (uncredited)
- Raymond Walburn as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
- Spec O'Donnell as Young Man in Line (uncredited)
- Leo White as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Crew
- Frank Capra · Director
- Julius J. Epstein · Writer
- Joseph Kesselring · Writer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- Sol Polito · Cinematographer
- Daniel Mandell · Editor