Arsenic and Old Lace
# She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
π 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!
π΅ Budget: USD
1,120,175
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1944-09-01
β Running Time:
118 mins
β Vote Average:
7.635
Beloved Cast
Mortimer Brewster
Cary Grant
Elaine Harper Brewster
Priscilla Lane
Aunt Abby Brewster
Josephine Hull
Aunt Martha Brewster
Jean Adair
Jonathan Brewster
Raymond Massey
'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
John Alexander
Dr. Einstein
Peter Lorre
Officer Patrick O'Hara
Jack Carson
Mr. Witherspoon
Edward Everett Horton
Lt. Rooney
James Gleason
Reverend Harper
Grant Mitchell
Sergeant Brophy
Edward McNamara
Taxi Cab Driver
Garry Owen
Officer Saunders
John Ridgely
Judge Cullman
Vaughan Glaser
Dr. Gilchrist
Chester Clute
Reporter at Marriage License Office
Charles Lane
Gibbs
Edward McWade
Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Marriage License Clerk
Spencer Charters
New York Pitcher (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Umpire (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
Young Man in Line (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Leo White