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Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Crime, Thriller, Comedy, Mystery | United States

Director: Frank Capra

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Rating: 7.9/10

SYNOPSIS

Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.

Actors

Writer: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein

Producer: Frank Capra, Jack L. Warner

RUNTIME: 118 min

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