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Arsenic and Old Lace
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Arsenic and Old Lace

Fri, Sep 1, 1944
  • Comedy
  • Crime
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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When & where

US
  • In CinemasFri, Sep 1, 1944New York City, New York
CA
  • In CinemasSun, Dec 31, 1944
FR
  • In CinemasFri, Dec 20, 1946
DE
  • In CinemasMon, May 12, 1952
JP
  • In CinemasTue, Sep 28, 1948
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    as Mortimer Brewster
  • Priscilla Lane
    Priscilla Lane
    as Elaine Harper Brewster
  • Josephine Hull
    Josephine Hull
    as Aunt Abby Brewster
  • Jean Adair
    Jean Adair
    as Aunt Martha Brewster
  • Raymond Massey
    Raymond Massey
    as Jonathan Brewster
  • John Alexander
    John Alexander
    as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
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