Comedy · Crime

Arsenic and Old Lace

Directed byFrank Capra

1944 · 1h 58m · Kijkwijzer 12

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!

Cast & crew

Cast

  • Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
  • Priscilla LaneElaine Harper Brewster
  • Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
  • Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
  • Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
  • John Alexander'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
  • Peter LorreDr. Einstein
  • Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick O'Hara
  • Edward Everett HortonMr. Witherspoon
  • James GleasonLt. Rooney
  • Grant MitchellReverend Harper
  • Edward McNamaraSergeant Brophy

Crew

  • Frank CapraDirector
  • Julius J. EpsteinWriter
  • Philip G. EpsteinWriter