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Arsenic and Old Lace

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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Arsenic and Old Lace

September 1, 1944
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Cast (25)

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)

Crew (29)

Directing

Frank Capra
Director
Russell Saunders
Assistant Director
Claude Archer
Second Assistant Director

Writing

Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
Philip G. Epstein
Screenplay
Joseph Kesselring
Theatre Play

Production

Frank Capra
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Producer
Eric Stacey
Unit Production Manager

Sound

Leo F. Forbstein
Original Music Composer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator

Art

Max Parker
Art Direction

Camera

Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Wesley Anderson
Additional Camera
Frank Evans
Assistant Camera
Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
George Bau
Makeup Artist
John Wallace
Makeup Artist

Crew

Byron Haskin
Special Effects
Bob Fender
Unit Publicist
Robert Burks
Special Effects

Editing

Lighting

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