Arsenic and Old Lace
movie
She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
Released September 01, 1944
Overview
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
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
Peter Lorre
as
Dr. Einstein
Jack Carson
as
Officer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton
as
Mr. Witherspoon
James Gleason
as
Lt. Rooney
Grant Mitchell
as
Reverend Harper
Edward McNamara
as
Sergeant Brophy
Crew
Frank Capra
as
Director
Jack L. Warner
as
Producer
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Joseph Kesselring
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Theatre Play
Frank Capra
as
Producer
Julius J. Epstein
as
Screenplay
Philip G. Epstein
as
Screenplay
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Sol Polito
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Director of Photography
Byron Haskin
as
Special Effects
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Wesley Anderson
as
Additional Camera
Hugo Friedhofer
as
Orchestrator
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C.A. Riggs
as
Sound
Orry-Kelly
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Costume Design