Arsenic and Old Lace
SEP 1, 1944 · 118 MIN · DIR. FRANK CAPRA
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
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
Crew
Screenplay
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
Philip G. Epstein
Director of Photography
Sol Polito
Editor
Daniel Mandell
Original Music Composer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Leo F. Forbstein
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Producer
Frank Capra
