Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

7.6 Rating1944-09-01Comedy, Crime

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

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

as Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane

Priscilla Lane

as Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull

Josephine Hull

as Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair

Jean Adair

as Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

as Jonathan Brewster

John Alexander

John Alexander

as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

as Dr. Einstein

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

as Officer Patrick O'Hara

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

as Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason

James Gleason

as Lt. Rooney