Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Overview
Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.
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She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
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Director: | Frank Capra |
Writers: | Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein |
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Cary Grant ![]()
Priscilla Lane ![]()
Raymond Massey ![]()
Jack Carson |
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