Comedy ·Crime · United States of America · 1944 · 1h 58m

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace poster
Director
Frank Capra
Cast
Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper Brewster Josephine Hull as Aunt Abby Brewster Jean Adair as Aunt Martha Brewster Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster John Alexander as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Crew
Sol Polito — Director of Photography Daniel Mandell — Editor Max Steiner — Original Music Composer Leo F. Forbstein — Original Music Composer Julius J. Epstein — Screenplay Philip G. Epstein — Screenplay
Tagline

She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

Synopsis

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!

Trailer Arsenic and Old Lace — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
poisoncemeteryinsanitycellarmarriagehalloweenmurderserial killerwritercorpsecritic
Key Collaborators
Frank Capra Director Sol Polito Director of Photography Daniel Mandell Editor Max Steiner Original Music Composer Leo F. Forbstein Original Music Composer Julius J. Epstein Screenplay Philip G. Epstein Screenplay Frank Capra Producer Jack L. Warner Producer Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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