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Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball black comedy crime film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein is based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play of the same name.
A comedy crime thriller starring Cary Grant as a writer who marries a woman with murderous aunts. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film.
- (75K)
- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Frank Capra
- 1944-09-21
Jul 4, 2014 · Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my favourite films. I have not watched it for over 25 years, but it is as beautifully made and as funny as the last time I watched it. I knew what was coming in action and the best lines and it was as familiar to me as if I had watched it yesterday.
- 113 min
- 34.2K
- Alexcazam
Brief Synopsis. A young man about to be married discovers the two aunts who raised him have been poisoning lonely old men.
Two sweet old aunts take it upon themselves to poison lonely old men with nothing to live for, as an act of charity. Their nephew Mortimer has just got married, and is trying to negotiate his way around the shenanigans of the house, while trying to keep his new bride from fleeing.
A classic screwball comedy about a family of murderous aunts and their hapless nephew, starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. Watch the trailer, listen to the radio adaptation, and read the essay by critic David Cairns.
Overview. 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! Frank Capra.
