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She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend! - Arsenic and Old Lace
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Title: Arsenic and Old Lace

Release Date: 1 Sep 1944

Runtime: 1h 58m

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Director: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.637 (946 votes)

Cast

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