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
Leo White
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Peter Lorre
as Dr. Einstein
Grant Mitchell
as Reverend Harper
John Ridgely
as Officer Saunders
Hank Mann
as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Umpire (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
Jean Adair
as Aunt Martha Brewster
John Alexander
as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Jack Carson
as Officer Patrick O'Hara
Garry Owen
as Taxi Cab Driver
Edward McWade
as Gibbs
Spec O'Donnell
as Young Man in Line (uncredited)
Cary Grant
as Mortimer Brewster
Josephine Hull
as Aunt Abby Brewster
Raymond Massey
as Jonathan Brewster
Edward Everett Horton
as Mr. Witherspoon
James Gleason
as Lt. Rooney
Edward McNamara
as Sergeant Brophy
Vaughan Glaser
as Judge Cullman
Chester Clute
as Dr. Gilchrist
Priscilla Lane
as Elaine Harper Brewster
Charles Lane
as Reporter at Marriage License Office
Spencer Charters
as Marriage License Clerk
