Arsenic and Old Lace

Name: Arsenic and Old Lace
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1944-09-01
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair

1944 · 1h 58m · Comedy, Crime · United States of America · Rated 12 (DE)

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!

Directed by

Frank Capra

Written by

Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein

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Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair

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Rating12 (DE)

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