Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Directed by Frank Capra

Arsenic and Old Lace movie poster

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!

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Sol Polito · Composers: Max Steiner, Leo F. Forbstein · Editor: Daniel Mandell

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget: $1.1M

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