Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
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!
GENRES:
Comedy • Crime
DIRECTION:
Frank Capra
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Cast & Characters
| Cary Grant | Mortimer Brewster |
| Priscilla Lane | Elaine Harper |
| Raymond Massey | Jonathan Brewster |
| Jack Carson | Officer Patrick O'Hara |
| Edward Everett Horton | Mr. Witherspoon |
| Peter Lorre | Dr. Einstein |
| James Gleason | Lt. Rooney |
| Josephine Hull | Aunt Abby Brewster |
| Jean Adair | Aunt Martha Brewster |
| John Alexander | 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster |
| Grant Mitchell | Reverend Harper |
| Edward McNamara | Sergeant Brophy |