"Arsenic and Old Lace" quotes

A Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Director: Frank Capra
Writer: Julius J. Epstein (screen play), Philip G. Epstein (screen play), Joseph Kesselring (play)
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Year: 1944
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 8.0
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 23 Sep 1944
Awards: 1 nomination.
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Cast
Mortimer Brewster - Cary Grant
Elaine Harper - Priscilla Lane
Jonathan Brewster - Raymond Massey
O'Hara - Jack Carson
Mr. Witherspoon - Edward Everett Horton
Dr. Einstein - Peter Lorre
Police Lt. Rooney - James Gleason
Abby Brewster - Josephine Hull
Martha Brewster - Jean Adair
'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster - John Alexander
Reverend Harper - Grant Mitchell
Brophy - Edward McNamara
Taxi Cab Driver - Garry Owen
Saunders - John Ridgely
Judge Cullman - Vaughan Glaser
Dr. Gilchrist - Chester Clute
Reporter - Charles Lane
Gibbs - Edward McWade
Undetermined Secondary Role - Mary Brodel
Marriage License Clerk - Spencer Charters
Graveyard Raven - Jimmy the Crow
Undetermined Secondary Role - Alberta Gary
New York Pitcher - Sol Gorss
Undetermined Supporting Role - Herbert Gunn
Undetermined Supporting Role - Rolan Jones
Undetermined Suecondary Role - Vera Lewis
Photographer at Marriage License Office - Hank Mann
Irate Dodgers Baseball Fan - Pat McKee
Young Man in Line - Spec O'Donnell
Umpire - Lee Phelps
Undetermined Supporting Role - Don Phillips
Undetermined Secondary Role - Juanita Stark
Drummer at baseball game - Raymond Walburn
Man in Phone Booth - Leo White
Young Woman in Line - Jean Wong