She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
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!
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) is a comedy and crime film directed by Frank Capra, released on September 1, 1944 with a runtime of 1h 58m. It stars Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull and Jean Adair. Viewers rate it 7.6 out of 10 across 1,069 ratings.
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Cary Grant
as Mortimer Brewster
Priscilla Lane
as Elaine Harper Brewster
Josephine Hull
as Aunt Abby Brewster
Jean Adair
as Aunt Martha Brewster
Raymond Massey
as Jonathan Brewster
John Alexander
as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Peter Lorre
as Dr. Einstein
Jack Carson
as Officer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton
as Mr. Witherspoon
James Gleason
as Lt. Rooney
Grant Mitchell
as Reverend Harper
Edward McNamara
as Sergeant Brophy
Directed by Frank Capra, written by Joseph Kesselring, Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, produced by Frank Capra and Jack L. Warner.
Average viewer score of 7.6/10 from 1,069 ratings.
Frenetic roller-coaster ride - Capra style! The Broadway show this film is based on ran for something like four years, such was the yearning for riotous rompathons in the 40s, and thus here the Capra adaptation is pretty much non stop mania. Led by the perfectly cast Cary Grant, the film barely pauses for breath, stopping only briefly to put a bit of creepy menace into the otherwise insane plot. Oh yes the plot,…
Reviewed on July 1, 2019
There are thirteen bodies in the cellar! Oh, piffle. Drama critic Mortimer Brewster has just gotten married. But his newfound wedded bliss is interrupted by the disturbing discovery that his sweet old spinster aunts have been murdering lonely old men with their homemade elderberry wine, and burying the bodies in the cellar. This demented screwball comedy was the film that introduced me to Cary Grant. The utterly…
Reviewed on January 19, 2020
**An extraordinary comedy that stands out for its unpretentiousness.** I didn't have high expectations when I decided to watch this film, and I think this increased the impact it ended up having even more: based on a successful play, the film is an extraordinary comedy full of bizarreness and mischief, without a single dead moment and full of twists and turns that make us laugh and amuse us. The script begins with…
Reviewed on December 3, 2023
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The main cast of Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) includes Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair and Raymond Massey. The film was directed by Frank Capra. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Arsenic and Old Lace was released on September 1, 1944 and runs for 1h 58m.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) holds an average rating of 7.6 out of 10 from 1,069 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy comedy and crime films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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