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

Number: 165

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IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (57.9K votes)

Also known as: Frank Capra's 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (complete title)

Country: United States, 118 minutes

Spoken languages: English, German

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Director(s): Frank Capra

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:

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

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Book 4 Page 6

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3