Arsenic and Old Lace
Frank Capra1944-09-01
She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
7.635
118 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Cary Grant | Mortimer Brewster | Unowned |
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Priscilla Lane | Elaine Harper Brewster | Unowned |
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Josephine Hull | Aunt Abby Brewster | Unowned |
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Jean Adair | Aunt Martha Brewster | Unowned |
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Raymond Massey | Jonathan Brewster | Unowned |
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John Alexander | 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster | Unowned |
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Peter Lorre | Dr. Einstein | Unowned |
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Jack Carson | Officer Patrick O'Hara | Unowned |
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Edward Everett Horton | Mr. Witherspoon | Unowned |
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James Gleason | Lt. Rooney | Unowned |
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Grant Mitchell | Reverend Harper | Unowned |
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Edward McNamara | Sergeant Brophy | Unowned |
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Garry Owen | Taxi Cab Driver | Unowned |
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John Ridgely | Officer Saunders | Unowned |
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Vaughan Glaser | Judge Cullman | Unowned |
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Chester Clute | Dr. Gilchrist | Unowned |
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Charles Lane | Reporter at Marriage License Office | Unowned |
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Edward McWade | Gibbs | Unowned |
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Hank Mann | Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Spencer Charters | Marriage License Clerk | Unowned |
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Sol Gorss | New York Pitcher (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lee Phelps | Umpire (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Raymond Walburn | Drummer at baseball game (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Spec O'Donnell | Young Man in Line (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Leo White | Man in Phone Booth (uncredited) | Unowned |