Arsenic and Old Lace
She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
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!
- Director
- Frank Capra
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Humour
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Cast
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20 billed performers
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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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Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
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- Release date
- Sep 1, 1944
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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