"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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Mortimer BrewsterAunt Abby BrewsterMartha BrewsterOfficer Patrick O'haraAbby BrewsterDr. EinsteinDr. Gilchrist'teddy Roosevelt' BrewsterJonathan BrewsterReverend HarperMr. WitherspoonLt. RooneyPhotographer At Marriage License OfficeMortimer BrewsterElaine HarperAunt Abby BrewsterMartha BrewsterOfficer Patrick O'haraAbby BrewsterDr. EinsteinDr. Gilchrist'teddy Roosevelt' BrewsterJonathan BrewsterReverend HarperMr. WitherspoonReporterLt. RooneyPhotographer At Marriage License Office
Cast
Mortimer Brewster - Cary Grant
Elaine Harper - Priscilla Lane
Jonathan Brewster - Raymond Massey
O'Hara - Jack Carson
Mr. Witherspoon - Edward Everett Horton