Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
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!
Cast
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Cary Grant
as Mortimer Brewster
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Priscilla Lane
as Elaine Harper Brewster
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Josephine Hull
as Aunt Abby Brewster
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Jean Adair
as Aunt Martha Brewster
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Raymond Massey
as Jonathan Brewster
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John Alexander
as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
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Peter Lorre
as Dr. Einstein
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Jack Carson
as Officer Patrick O'Hara
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Edward Everett Horton
as Mr. Witherspoon
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James Gleason
as Lt. Rooney
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Grant Mitchell
as Reverend Harper
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Edward McNamara
as Sergeant Brophy
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Garry Owen
as Taxi Cab Driver
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John Ridgely
as Officer Saunders
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Vaughan Glaser
as Judge Cullman
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Chester Clute
as Dr. Gilchrist
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Charles Lane
as Reporter at Marriage License Office
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Edward McWade
as Gibbs
Crew
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Frank Capra
Director
- Sol Polito Director of Photography
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Daniel Mandell
Editor
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Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
- Leo F. Forbstein Original Music Composer
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Frank Capra
Producer
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Jack L. Warner
Producer
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Philip G. Epstein
Screenplay
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Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
