Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.
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.
Movie Video Clips
00:29
Insanity runs in my family
00:21
You're going to love me for my mind
01:04
Code for Roosevelt
00:41
For a gallon of elderberry wine
00:25
Livingstone
01:50
There's Mr
00:35
How can I believe you
00:18
When I come back
00:54
You can't do things like that
00:18
Can you hear my voice
00:19
He sits there waiting to be tied up and gagged
00:16
Look at that puss
00:19
I must be catching cold
01:10
Have you ever tried to persuade him that he wasn't Teddy...
00:13
Where did you get that face
00:25
Who are you
00:13
Looks good on you
00:09
Where am I
00:33
We go to work
00:36
This is the picture I was telling you about
00:20
Is he trying to move into the White House before I've moved...
00:53
It had a character in it
01:23
I think you're wrong
00:11
There's another one
00:33
I'll run for a third term
00:27
I probably should have told you this before but
02:29
Aunt Martha
00:40
At least people in plays act like they've got sense
00:42
What happens
00:39
But there's a body in the window seat
00:21
Be a good fellow
00:28
This is the home of my youth
00:42
He's quite harmless
00:18
Five more bucks and you'll own it
01:30
Wait a minute
01:03
We were married today
00:32
You wouldn't want to have children with three heads
00:18
All I did was cross the bridge and I was in Brooklyn
00:23
I knew this would end up in the nuthouse
00:25
Not at tea
00:11
Pull up a tombstone
00:20
You behave
01:16
Happy Dale
00:39
Just the thought of Jonathan frightens me
00:28
But it's Halloween
00:21
Blockhouse
00:51
How did he die
00:14
I'll be in my office vetoing bills
00:10
Are you leaving
00:35
Right out here in the open with everyone looking
00:31
What is this
00:22
Don't do that
01:36
Something borrowed
00:12
But what happened to him
00:42
You'd better get to bed
00:34
They're two of the dearest
00:18
You were right about that fellow
00:36
If you tell O'Hara what's in the window seat
00:11
There is a Happydale
00:17
This time
01:17
Look at me
00:14
I can't hear you
00:24
Get out of here
00:16
I've just been appointed Ambassador to Bolivia
00:18
I'll knock your block off
00:26
Come here
00:11
Another Roosevelt
00:38
Einstein and I need a place to sleep
00:22
General Goethals was very pleased
00:46
Perhaps we'd better introduce ourselves
00:17
Looks like the same suckers get married everyday
00:16
We go to Panama
00:23
I'll get every one of you
00:11
Charge the blockhouse
00:10
Who can that be
00:26
When Johnny's in that mood
00:20
What news have you brought me
00:14
A secret proclamation
00:13
We got a hot stiff on our hands
00:11
What has occurred
Movie Quotes
Movie 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