Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Comedy • Crime • 1ч 58м
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!
TMDB rating:
7.6
(1,049)
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
Jack Carson
Officer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Witherspoon
James Gleason
Lt. Rooney
Grant Mitchell
Reverend Harper
Edward McNamara
Sergeant Brophy
Garry Owen
Taxi Cab Driver
John Ridgely
Officer Saunders
Vaughan Glaser
Judge Cullman
Chester Clute
Dr. Gilchrist
Charles Lane
Reporter at Marriage License Office
Edward McWade
Gibbs
Hank Mann
Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Marriage License Clerk
Sol Gorss
New York Pitcher (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Umpire (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Young Man in Line (uncredited)
Crew
Frank Capra
Director
Jack L. Warner
Producer
Joseph Kesselring
Theatre Play
Frank Capra
Producer
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
Philip G. Epstein
Screenplay
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Byron Haskin
Special Effects
Wesley Anderson
Additional Camera
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
C.A. Riggs
Sound
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
George Bau
Makeup Artist
Harold Noyes
Grip
Max Parker
Art Direction
Eric Stacey
Unit Production Manager
Robert Burks
Special Effects
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Russell Saunders
Assistant Director
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer
Charles O'Bannon
Gaffer
Anita De Beltrand
Hairstylist
Claude Archer
Second Assistant Director
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