Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)

NRComedy, Crime1h 58m

She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

Overview

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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Status: Released

Budget: $1,120,175Revenue: $0

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  1. Cary Grant

    Cary Grant

    Mortimer Brewster

  2. Priscilla Lane

    Priscilla Lane

    Elaine Harper Brewster

  3. Josephine Hull

    Josephine Hull

    Aunt Abby Brewster

  4. Jean Adair

    Jean Adair

    Aunt Martha Brewster

  5. Raymond Massey

    Raymond Massey

    Jonathan Brewster

  6. John Alexander

    John Alexander

    'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

  7. Peter Lorre

    Peter Lorre

    Dr. Einstein

  8. Jack Carson

    Jack Carson

    Officer Patrick O'Hara

  9. Edward Everett Horton

    Edward Everett Horton

    Mr. Witherspoon

  10. James Gleason

    James Gleason

    Lt. Rooney

  11. Grant Mitchell

    Grant Mitchell

    Reverend Harper

  12. Edward McNamara

    Edward McNamara

    Sergeant Brophy

  13. Garry Owen

    Garry Owen

    Taxi Cab Driver

  14. John Ridgely

    John Ridgely

    Officer Saunders

  15. Vaughan Glaser

    Vaughan Glaser

    Judge Cullman