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Arsenic and Old Lace

“She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!”

Director
Frank Capra
Year
1944
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
NR
Release
1944
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

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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!

  • #poison
  • #writer
  • #marriage
  • #cellar
  • #cemetery
  • #halloween
  • #corpse
  • #insanity
  • #murder
  • #serial killer
  • #critic

  • Directed by

    Frank Capra

  • Written by

    Julius J. Epstein & Philip G. Epstein

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