Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

HomeFilmArsenic and Old Lace

Written by Joseph Kesselring, Julius J. Epstein

Directed by Frank Capra

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1944

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Riotously funny and deliciously cast black comedy from Frank Capra, with Cary Grant as the nephew who discovers that his seemingly sweet old aunts have a habit of bumping off their boyfriends with lethal elderberry wine. Based on the smash-hit Broadway comedy.

Cast

Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
Peter LorreDr. Einstein
Priscilla LaneElaine Harper/Elaine Brewster
John AlexanderTheodore 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick 'Pat' O'Hara
John RidgelyOfficer Saunders
Edward McNamaraPolice Sgt. Brophy
James GleasonCap. Rooney
Grant MitchellReverend Harper
Edward Everett HortonMr. Witherspoon
Vaughan GlaserJudge Cullman
Chester CluteDr. Gilchrist

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