Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace by Frank Capra

7.60

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!

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Cast

Cary Grant

Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane

Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull

Josephine Hull as Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair

Jean Adair as Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander

John Alexander as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson

Jack Carson as Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason

James Gleason as Lt. Rooney

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell as Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara

Edward McNamara as Sergeant Brophy

Garry Owen

Garry Owen as Taxi Cab Driver

John Ridgely

John Ridgely as Officer Saunders

Vaughan Glaser

Vaughan Glaser as Judge Cullman

Chester Clute

Chester Clute as Dr. Gilchrist

Charles Lane

Charles Lane as Reporter at Marriage License Office

Edward McWade

Edward McWade as Gibbs

Hank Mann

Hank Mann as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters as Marriage License Clerk

Sol Gorss

Sol Gorss as New York Pitcher (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps as Umpire (uncredited)

Raymond Walburn

Raymond Walburn as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell

Spec O'Donnell as Young Man in Line (uncredited)

Leo White

Leo White as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

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