Cary Grant
Mortimer Brewster
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Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball black comedy crime film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein is based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play of the same name.
A comedy crime thriller about a writer who marries a woman with murderous aunts. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film.
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- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Frank Capra
- 1944-09-21
Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the 1944 film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra .
A classic screwball comedy about a family of murderous aunts and their hapless nephew, starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. Watch the trailer, listen to the radio adaptation, and read the essay by critic David Cairns.
- Mortimer Brewster
A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
A comedy about a family of murderous aunts and their nephews, one of whom is a drama critic and the other a serial killer. The nephews try to hide their relatives' secrets from their fiancée and the police, while the aunts continue their "charity" of killing lonely old men.
A classic comedy about a family of murderous aunts and uncles, starring Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane. Read the latest reviews, ratings, and watch the trailer on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Comedy
