Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
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!
Release Date
September 1, 1944
Runtime
118 minutes
Rating
Status
Released
Genres
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

Jack Carson
Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason
Lt. Rooney

Grant Mitchell
Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara
Sergeant Brophy
Content Source
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