Arsenic and Old Lace

7.6 1944 118 min
NR
Comedy Crime

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, h…

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Director
Frank Capra
Writers
Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein
Classification
NR

Cast

The cast behind this title

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

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