Arsenic and Old Lace
She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
7.6(1,056) 1944-09-01 118 minComedyCrime
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!
DirectorFrank Capra
ProducerJack L. Warner
ProducerFrank Capra
ScreenplayJulius J. Epstein
ScreenplayPhilip G. Epstein
Original Music ComposerMax Steiner
Original Music ComposerLeo F. Forbstein
Cast & characters
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
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)
