Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Release: 1944-09-01
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 7.6
Comedy
Crime
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!
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Lee Phelps
as Umpire (uncredited)
Josephine Hull
as Aunt Abby Brewster
Grant Mitchell
as Reverend Harper
Peter Lorre
as Dr. Einstein
James Gleason
as Lt. Rooney
Charles Lane
as Reporter at Marriage License Office
Hank Mann
as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
as Young Man in Line (uncredited)
Leo White
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Priscilla Lane
as Elaine Harper Brewster
Jean Adair
as Aunt Martha Brewster
Jack Carson
as Officer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton
as Mr. Witherspoon
Garry Owen
as Taxi Cab Driver
John Ridgely
as Officer Saunders
Vaughan Glaser
as Judge Cullman
Spencer Charters
as Marriage License Clerk
Cary Grant
as Mortimer Brewster
Raymond Massey
as Jonathan Brewster
John Alexander
as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Edward McNamara
as Sergeant Brophy
Chester Clute
as Dr. Gilchrist
Edward McWade
as Gibbs
