Mortimer Brewster
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Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball black comedy crime film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein is based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play of the same name.
A comedy crime thriller about a writer who marries his fiancée despite his murderous maiden aunts. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film.
- (75K)
- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Frank Capra
- 1944-09-21
Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the 1944 film adaptation starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra .
This is one of the greatest movies ever made. There isn't a single bad part in the entire thing. The actors were absolutely fantastic, as was the directing. A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
Synopsis. After overcoming an attack of pre-nuptial nerves, Mortimer Brewster, New York theatrical critic, confirmed bachelor and author of millions of words against marriage, weds Elaine Harper, a minister's daughter, on Halloween Day.
A classic screwball comedy about a family of murderous aunts and their hapless nephew, starring Cary Grant and directed by Frank Capra. Watch the trailer, listen to the radio adaptation, and read the essay by critic David Cairns.
A comedy about a family of murderous aunts and their nephews, one of whom is a drama critic and the other a serial killer. The nephews try to hide their relatives' secrets from their fiancée and the police, while the aunts continue their "charity" of killing lonely old men.
