Arsenic and Old Lace

7.6
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Run time: 118 min
  • Premiere: 1944. September 1.

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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Cary Grant

Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane

Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull

Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair

Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey

Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander

'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre

Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson

Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason

Lt. Rooney

Grant Mitchell

Reverend Harper

Edward McNamara

Sergeant Brophy

Garry Owen

Taxi Cab Driver

John Ridgely

Officer Saunders

Vaughan Glaser

Judge Cullman

Chester Clute

Dr. Gilchrist

Charles Lane

Reporter at Marriage License Office

Hank Mann

Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Marriage License Clerk

Sol Gorss

New York Pitcher (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Umpire (uncredited)

Raymond Walburn

Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell

Young Man in Line (uncredited)

Leo White

Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Art

Max Parker

Art Direction

Camera

Sol Polito

Director of Photography

Mickey Marigold

Still Photographer

Wesley Anderson

Additional Camera

Frank Evans

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

George Bau

Makeup Artist

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Anita De Beltrand

Hairstylist

John Wallace

Makeup Artist

Crew

Robert Burks

Special Effects

Byron Haskin

Special Effects

Bob Fender

Unit Publicist

Directing

Frank Capra

Director

Russell Saunders

Assistant Director

Claude Archer

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Frank Capra

Producer

Jack L. Warner

Producer

Eric Stacey

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Hugo Friedhofer

Orchestrator

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

Leo F. Forbstein

Original Music Composer

Writing

Philip G. Epstein

Screenplay

Joseph Kesselring

Theatre Play

Julius J. Epstein

Screenplay

Art

Max Parker

Art Direction

Camera

Sol Polito

Director of Photography

Mickey Marigold

Still Photographer

Wesley Anderson

Additional Camera

Frank Evans

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

George Bau

Makeup Artist

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Anita De Beltrand

Hairstylist

John Wallace

Makeup Artist

Crew

Robert Burks

Special Effects

Byron Haskin

Special Effects

Bob Fender

Unit Publicist

Directing

Frank Capra

Director

Russell Saunders

Assistant Director

Claude Archer

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Frank Capra

Producer

Jack L. Warner

Producer

Eric Stacey

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Hugo Friedhofer

Orchestrator

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

Leo F. Forbstein

Original Music Composer

Writing

Philip G. Epstein

Screenplay

Joseph Kesselring

Theatre Play

Julius J. Epstein

Screenplay