Arsenic and Old Lace

DVD/APPROX. 118 MINS./1944/US NR

Main feature:

Release Aug 29, 2000
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English, French
Studio Warner Brothers
Year 1944
Genre Comedy

Special features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access

Synopsis:



Mirthful Murder Cary-ed Off In Slapstick, Slap-Happy Style!

Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra. Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, one sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane) -- and only one night to make it turn out all right. In this circus' center ring is Grant, twisting his face into a clown's gallery of flabbergasted reactions and transforming his natural athletic grace into a rubber-legged comic ballet. You'll die laughing.

Cast and Crew:

Warner Brothers presents
Cary GrantJean AdairJohn AlexanderJack CarsonJames GleasonEdward Everett HortonJosephine HullPriscilla LanePeter LorreRaymond Massey"Arsenic and Old Lace"
Written byJulius J. EpsteinWritten byPhilip G. Epsteinproduced byRussel Crouse
produced byHoward Lindsay
directed byFrank Capra
Production Year: 1944

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