Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Movie
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!
Directed By : Frank Capra
Genres : Comedy, Crime
Status : Released
Released : Sep 1, 1944
Tagline : She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!
Length : 118 minutes
Cast
- Cary Grant
- Priscilla Lane
- Josephine Hull
- Jean Adair
- Raymond Massey
- John Alexander
- Peter Lorre
- Jack Carson
- Edward Everett Horton
- James Gleason
- Grant Mitchell
- Edward McNamara
- Garry Owen
- John Ridgely
- Vaughan Glaser
- Chester Clute
- Charles Lane
- Edward McWade
- Hank Mann
- Spencer Charters
- Sol Gorss
- Lee Phelps
- Raymond Walburn
- Spec O'Donnell
- Leo White
Crew
- Director : Frank Capra
- Producer : Jack L. Warner
- Theatre Play : Joseph Kesselring
- Producer : Frank Capra
- Screenplay : Julius J. Epstein
- Screenplay : Philip G. Epstein
- Director of Photography : Sol Polito
- Special Effects : Byron Haskin
- Additional Camera : Wesley Anderson
- Orchestrator : Hugo Friedhofer
- Sound : C.A. Riggs
- Costume Design : Orry-Kelly
- Makeup Artist : George Bau
- Grip : Harold Noyes
- Art Direction : Max Parker
- Unit Production Manager : Eric Stacey
- Special Effects : Robert Burks
- Editor : Daniel Mandell
- Assistant Director : Russell Saunders
- Makeup Artist : Perc Westmore
- Still Photographer : Mickey Marigold
- Gaffer : Charles O'Bannon
- Hairstylist : Anita De Beltrand
- Second Assistant Director : Claude Archer
- Assistant Camera : Frank Evans
- Original Music Composer : Max Steiner
- Sound Mixer : Everett Alton Brown
- Original Music Composer : Leo F. Forbstein
- Makeup Artist : John Wallace
- Unit Publicist : Bob Fender