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Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

CHAAAAARRGGEE!

3 years ago
Critic David Parkinson
rated 8

Cary Grant et al are on sparkling form in this classic darkly twisted comedy.

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Cast & Crew

Frank Capra
Director
Charles Lane
As Reporter at Marriage License Office
Spencer Charters
As Marriage License Clerk
Leo White
As Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Chester Clute
As Dr. Gilchrist
Lee Phelps
As Umpire (uncredited)
Hank Mann
As Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)

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Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic comedy film about a newspaper critic, Mortimer Brewster, who discovers that his two spinster aunts have a peculiar hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar! When Mortimer's bride-to-be arrives, he tries to keep his family's eccentricities a secret, but things quickly spiral out of control. With a cast of colorful characters, including a Boris Karloff lookalike and a man who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, this film is a wild and hilarious ride.

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Arsenic and Old Lace was released in theaters on September 23, 1944.