Arsenic and Old Lace
dir. Frank Capra
79
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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!
Directed byFrank Capra
StarringCary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, John Alexander
Written byJulius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
CinematographySol Polito
EditingDaniel Mandell
MusicMax Steiner
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · NR · 1h 58m
Comedy, Crime
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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