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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)  link to Arsenic and Old Lace on IMDb  

Number: 126

poster Arsenic and Old Lace

IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (57765 votes)

Country: USA, 118 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German

Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Director(s):

Storyline:
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.

Cast:

photo Cary Grant Cary Grant Mortimer Brewster
photo Priscilla Lane Priscilla Lane Elaine Harper
photo Raymond Massey Raymond Massey Jonathan Brewster
photo Jack Carson Jack Carson O'Hara
photo Edward Everett Horton Edward Everett Horton Mr. Witherspoon

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\Arsenic and Old Lace\Arsenic and Old Lace.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3