Arsenic and Old Lace

September. 01,1944      NR
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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!

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

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