Arsenic and Old Lace 1944

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!

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Cast

• Cary Grant Mortimer Brewster
• Priscilla Lane Elaine Harper Brewster
• Josephine Hull Aunt Abby Brewster
• Jean Adair Aunt Martha Brewster
• Raymond Massey Jonathan Brewster
• John Alexander 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
• Peter Lorre Dr. Einstein
• Jack Carson Officer Patrick O'Hara
• Edward Everett Horton Mr. Witherspoon
• James Gleason Lt. Rooney

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