Arsenic and Old Lace
1944·United States·118 min.
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Mortimer Brewster stops off in Brooklyn to visit his two favourite aunts Abby and Martha to tell them that he has just gotten married. However, he discovers the dotty old dears have been feeding their boarders poisoned elderberry wine, desiring only to make them happy in death. They have then convinced their mad brother who imagines he is Teddy Roosevelt to bury the thirteen bodies in the cellar. The situation becomes even crazier when Mortimer’s long lost brother Jonathan, who is on the Ten Most Wanted List, also turns up.
DirectorFrank Capra
MusicMax Steiner
CinematographySol Polito
CastCary Grant·Priscilla Lane·Peter Lorre·Raymond Massey·Josephine Hull·Jean Adair·Jack Carson·Edward Everett Horton
Original titleArsenic and Old Lace