Arsenic and Old Lace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1944-09-23

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (51594 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Capra

Genres:

Comedy Crime

Cast:

Cary Grant Priscilla Lane Raymond Massey Jack Carson

Writer:

Julius J. Epstein (screen play)

Philip G. Epstein (screen play)

Joseph Kesselring (play)

Fullplot:

Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.

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