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A comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant as a man who marries a minister's daughter while his aunts murder lonely old men. The film is based on a play by Joseph Kesselring and features Peter Lorre as a plastic surgeon who looks like Boris Karloff.
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A comedy crime thriller about a writer who marries a woman and learns that his aunts are serial killers. Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre, directed by Frank Capra.
- (75K)
- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Frank Capra
- 1944-09-21
Arsenic and Old Lace is a dark comedy play by Joseph Kesselring, first performed in 1941. It tells the story of a drama critic who must deal with his homicidal family and their murderous schemes in Brooklyn.
Cary Grant stars as a man who learns his aunts are serial killers in this hilarious adaptation of a Broadway play. Watch the trailer, see photos, read reviews and trivia of this classic Hollywood comedy.
Jul 4, 2014 · Watch the classic comedy film about a drama critic and his homicidal aunts. Read the reviews from other viewers and add your own.
- 113 min
- 35.4K
- Alexcazam
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.
Arsenic and Old Lace. Writer and notorious marriage detractor Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) falls for girl-next-door Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), and they tie the knot on Halloween. When the...
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- Comedy
