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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Overview

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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Principal Cast

Cary Grant
as Mortimer Brewster
Priscilla Lane
as Elaine Harper
Raymond Massey
as Jonathan Brewster
Jack Carson
as Officer Patrick OHara
Edward Everett Horton
as Mr. Witherspoon
Peter Lorre
as Dr. Einstein
James Gleason
as Lt. Rooney
Josephine Hull
as Aunt Abby Brewster
Jean Adair
as Aunt Martha Brewster
John Alexander
as Teddy Roosevelt Brewster
Grant Mitchell
as Reverend Harper
Edward McNamara
as Sergeant Brophy
Garry Owen
as Taxi Cab Driver
John Ridgely
as Officer Saunders
Vaughan Glaser
as Judge Cullman
Chester Clute
as Dr. Gilchrist
Charles Lane
as Reporter
Edward McWade
as Gibbs
Spencer Charters
as Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Hank Mann
as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)