Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

7.6/10 118 min Comedy Crime

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!

Cast

Cary Grant

Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane

Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull

Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair

Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey

Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander

'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre

Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson

Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason

Lt. Rooney

Grant Mitchell

Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara

Sergeant Brophy

Garry Owen

Taxi Cab Driver

John Ridgely

Officer Saunders

Vaughan Glaser

Judge Cullman

Chester Clute

Dr. Gilchrist

Charles Lane

Reporter at Marriage License Office

Edward McWade

Gibbs

Hank Mann

Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Marriage License Clerk

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