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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·Approved
CrimeThrillerComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.9/10
77,636 votes

Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers.

Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 crime thriller movie directed by Frank Capra, starring Cary Grant, Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 from 77,636 votes and runs 1h 58m.

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Director
Frank Capra
Stars
Cary Grant
Jack Carson
Priscilla Lane
Raymond Massey
Details
1944-09-21
118 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English, German
Keywords
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