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- Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
- Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
- Priscilla LaneElaine Harper
- Peter LorreDr. Einstein
- Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick "Pat" O'Hara
- Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
- Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
- James GleasonLt. Rooney
- Grant MitchellReverend Harper
- John AlexanderTheodore "Teddy Roosevelt" Brewster
- Edward Everett HortonMr. Witherspoon
- Edward McNamaraPolice Sgt. Brophy
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball mystery black comedy 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.
- $4.8 million
- Max Steiner
- $1.2 million
- Frank Capra, Jack L. Warner
Arsenic and Old Lace: Directed by Frank Capra. With Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson. A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot.
- Frank Capra
- 320
- 3 min
Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) -- (Movie Clip) All Alone In The World Mortimer (Cary Grant) is desperate to delay his bride (Priscilla Lane) and have his uncle committed, having just discovered his aunts Abby and Martha (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair) like to poison old men, when a candidate (Edward McWade) appears, in Arsenic And Old Lace, 1944.
Joseph Kesselring. Theatre Play. 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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Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 1944 original. Release Date (Streaming): Aug 4, 2008. Runtime: 1h 58m. Distributor: Warner Bros., Criterion Collection, Warner Bros. Pictures. Production Co:...
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- Comedy
Frank Capra. Director. Julius J. Epstein. Screenplay. Philip G. Epstein. Screenplay. Top Billed Cast. Cary Grant. Mortimer Brewster. Priscilla Lane. Elaine Harper Brewster. Josephine Hull. Aunt Abby Brewster. Jean Adair. Aunt Martha Brewster. Raymond Massey. Jonathan Brewster. John Alexander. 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster. Peter Lorre. Dr. Einstein.