Arsenic and Old Lace
She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
1944-09-01 | 118 minutes
Plot Summary
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!
Cast
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Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
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Priscilla LaneElaine Harper Brewster
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Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
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Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
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Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
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John Alexander'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
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Peter LorreDr. Einstein
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Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick O'Hara
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Edward Everett HortonMr. Witherspoon
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James GleasonLt. Rooney
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Grant MitchellReverend Harper
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Edward McNamaraSergeant Brophy
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Garry OwenTaxi Cab Driver
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John RidgelyOfficer Saunders
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Vaughan GlaserJudge Cullman
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Chester CluteDr. Gilchrist
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Charles LaneReporter at Marriage License Office
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Edward McWadeGibbs
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Hank MannPhotographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
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Spencer ChartersMarriage License Clerk
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