September 1, 1944
118 minutes
ComedyCrime
Arsenic and Old Lace
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 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)
Sol Gorss
(New York Pitcher (uncredited))
Lee Phelps
(Umpire (uncredited))
Raymond Walburn
(Drummer at baseball game (uncredited))
Spec O'Donnell
(Young Man in Line (uncredited))
Leo White
(Man in Phone Booth (uncredited))
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