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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!

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Arsenic and Old Lace — Plot

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
  • Runtime
  • 118 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Crime
  • Director
  • Frank Capra

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Arsenic and Old Lace — Cast

Cary Grant photo Cary Grant Mortimer Brewster Priscilla Lane photo Priscilla Lane Elaine Harper Brewster Josephine Hull photo Josephine Hull Aunt Abby Brewster Jean Adair photo Jean Adair Aunt Martha Brewster Raymond Massey photo Raymond Massey Jonathan Brewster John Alexander photo John Alexander 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster Peter Lorre photo Peter Lorre Dr. Einstein Jack Carson photo Jack Carson Officer Patrick O'Hara

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