Arsenic and Old Lace
Directed by Frank Capra
Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, John Alexander, Peter Lorre, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason
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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!
- Original language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Screenplay
- Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein
- Music
- Max Steiner, Leo F. Forbstein
- Cinematography
- Sol Polito
- Cast
- Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, John Alexander, Peter Lorre, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason
Updated August 14, 2026
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