Arsenic and Old Lace

Release Date:
Sep 23, 1944
Running Time:
1:58
Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Frank Capra
Cast:
Cary Grant Mortimer Brewster
Raymond Massey Jonathan Brewster
Priscilla Lane Elaine Harper
Peter Lorre Dr. Einstein
Jack Carson Officer Patrick 'Pat' O'Hara
Josephine Hull Aunt Abby Brewster
Jean Adair Aunt Martha Brewster
James Gleason Lt. Rooney
Grant Mitchell Reverend Harper
John Alexander Theodore 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Edward Everett Horton Mr. Witherspoon
Ed McNamara Police Sgt. 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 Mr. Gibbs (Prospective #13)
Leo White Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Spencer Charters Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Hank Mann Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Lee Phelps Umpire (uncredited)
Producers:
Jack L. Warner , Frank Capra
Writers:
Joseph Kesselring, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
Language:
English

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Writer and notorious marriage detractor Mortimer Brewster falls for girl-next-door Jean Adair, and they tie the knot on Halloween. When the newlyweds return to their respective family homes to deliver the news, Brewster finds a corpse hidden in a window seat. Between his eccentric aunts, disturbed uncle, and homicidal brother, he starts to worry that his family is even crazier than he thought.

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