Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

118 mins | Crime, Comedy | Sept. 1, 1944

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!

Arsenic and Old Lace

118 mins | Crime, Comedy | Sept. 1, 1944

Arsenic and Old Lace
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!
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Arsenic and Old Lace
Directors Russell Saunders, Frank Capra
Writers Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, Joseph Kesselring

Cast

Cary Grant

as Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane

as Elaine Harper Brewster

Raymond Massey

as Jonathan Brewster

Jack Carson

as Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton

as Mr. Witherspoon

Peter Lorre

as Dr. Einstein

James Gleason

as Lt. Rooney

Josephine Hull

as Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair

as Aunt Martha Brewster

John Alexander

as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Grant Mitchell

as Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara

as Sergeant Brophy

Garry Owen

as Taxi Cab Driver

John Ridgely

as Officer Saunders

Vaughan Glaser

as Judge Cullman

Chester Clute

as Dr. Gilchrist

Charles Lane

as Reporter at Marriage License Office

Edward McWade

as Gibbs

Hank Mann

as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

as Marriage License Clerk

Sol Gorss

as New York Pitcher (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Umpire (uncredited)

Raymond Walburn

as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell

as Young Man in Line (uncredited)

Leo White

as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)