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Arsenic and Old Lace

  • 1944
  • TMDB 7.6/10
  • 1h 58m

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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Overview

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!

Cast

  • Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
  • Priscilla LaneElaine Harper Brewster
  • Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
  • Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
  • Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
  • John Alexander'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
  • Peter LorreDr. Einstein
  • Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick O'Hara

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