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Arsenic and Old Lace

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Calorie Rating: 166
Released: 1944-09-01
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Budget: 1120175
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures,


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 / Directors

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



Cast

Cary Grant
Character: Mortimer Brewster
Priscilla Lane
Character: Elaine Harper Brewster
Josephine Hull
Character: Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair
Character: Aunt Martha Brewster
Raymond Massey
Character: Jonathan Brewster
John Alexander
Character: 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster

Peter Lorre
Character: Dr. Einstein
Jack Carson
Character: Officer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton
Character: Mr. Witherspoon

James Gleason
Character: Lt. Rooney
Grant Mitchell
Character: Reverend Harper
Edward McNamara
Character: Sergeant Brophy

Garry Owen
Character: Taxi Cab Driver
John Ridgely
Character: Officer Saunders
Vaughan Glaser
Character: Judge Cullman

Chester Clute
Character: Dr. Gilchrist
Charles Lane
Character: Reporter at Marriage License Office
Edward McWade
Character: Gibbs

Hank Mann
Character: Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Spencer Charters
Character: Marriage License Clerk
Sol Gorss
Character: New York Pitcher (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Character: Umpire (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
Character: Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Character: Young Man in Line (uncredited)

Leo White
Character: Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Frank Capra
Producer
Joseph Kesselring
Theatre Play

Sol Polito
Director of Photography

Max Parker
Art Direction
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design

Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
George Bau
Makeup Artist
Eric Stacey
Unit Production Manager

Robert Burks
Special Effects
Byron Haskin
Special Effects

Wesley Anderson
Additional Camera
Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer

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

John Wallace
Makeup Artist
Bob Fender
Unit Publicist

Frank Evans
Assistant Camera