Arsenic and Old Lace
1944/09/01 (US) | Comedy, Crime
She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
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!
Frank Capra
Director
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
Philip G. Epstein
Screenplay
Lead Cast
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
Budget
$ 1,120,175
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Crews
Frank Capra
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Producer
Joseph Kesselring
Theatre Play
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Daniel Mandell
Editor