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- Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
- Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
- Peter LorreDr. Einstein
- Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick "Pat" O'Hara
- Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
- James GleasonLt. Rooney
- Grant MitchellReverend Harper
- Garry OwenTaxi Cab Driver
- John RidgelyOfficer Saunders
- Charles LaneReporter at Marriage License Office
- Spencer ChartersMarriage License Clerk
- Jimmy (raven)Graveyard Raven
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. [3]
Arsenic and Old Lace: Directed by Frank Capra. With Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson. Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot.
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- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Frank Capra
- 1944-09-21
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
SYNOPSIS Drama critic and notorious anti-marriage columnist Mortimer Brewster sneaks off on Halloween and weds Brooklyn girl Elaine Harper despite objections from her father, a preacher. He soon finds a runaway wedding is the least of his concerns.
Arsenic and Old Lace - Full Cast & Crew. Macabre comedy about a pair of sweet old ladies who put lonely bachelors out of their misery with sips from their arsenic-laced elderberry wine,...
- Frank Capra
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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! Frank Capra.
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