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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

Directed by Frank Capra

She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

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!

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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

Alternative Titles

Arsenicum en oude kant, 砒霜与烈酒, Arsénico y encaje antiguo, Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen, Arsénico por compasión, Арсеник и стари дантели, Arsènic per compassió, Jezinky a bezinky, Arsenik og gamle kniplinger, Αρσενικό και παλιά δαντέλα, Arsenikkia ja vanhoja pitsejä, Arsenic et vieilles dentelles, רעל ותחרה, Arsen i stare čipke, Arzén és levendula, Arsenico e vecchi merletti, 毒薬と老嬢, 아세닉 앤 올드 레이스, Arszenik i stare koronki, Esse Mundo é um Hospício, Мышьяк и старые кружева, Arsenik och gamla spetsar, Arsenik Kurbanları, Миш’як і старі мережива, 毒药与老妇

Genres

Crime Comedy

Themes

Crude humor and satire Relationship comedy Gags, jokes, and slapstick humor Spooky, scary comedy Funny jokes and crude humor Amusing jokes and witty satire Laugh-out-loud relationship entanglements Show All…

Theatrical limited

01 Sep 1944

Theatrical

23 Sep 1944

USANR

04 Dec 1944

Brazil14

31 Dec 1944

Canada

26 Jun 1945

Italy

20 Dec 1946

FranceU

05 Aug 1948

Denmark

12 May 1952

Germany12
GreeceΚ-12

Physical

06 Mar 2008

Netherlands12

TV

31 Dec 2022

Italy

Brazil

04 Dec 1944

Theatrical14

Canada

31 Dec 1944

Theatrical

Denmark

05 Aug 1948

Theatrical

France

20 Dec 1946

TheatricalU

Germany

12 May 1952

Theatrical12

Greece

12 May 1952

TheatricalΚ-12

Italy

26 Jun 1945

Theatrical

31 Dec 2022

TV Byoblu

Netherlands

06 Mar 2008

Physical12 DVD

USA

01 Sep 1944

Theatrical limited New York City, New York

23 Sep 1944

TheatricalNR

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Review by eely 🌻 ★★★★½ 1

cary grant shows all seven stages of grief on his face in the span of 60 seconds and can do more with his left eyebrow than every actor in hollywood put together
Review by sarah ★★★★

BUT DARLING, NIAGARA FALLS
IT DOES? WELL LET IT
Review by mia lee vicino ★★★½ 4

me in 1944 when i try to distract myself from the horrors of WWII by going to the local Cinema to see the latest Cary Grant Picture and realize it’s about how Women Be Poisoning: gee ........... hope this doesn’t ..... awaken anything in me ...........
Review by lucy ★★★★ 1

i never knew cary grant had so many facial expressions
Review by Erin 🍺 ★★★★ 2

The part when Cary Grant stops to smoke a cigarette and bitch to himself amid all the chaos is me
Review by David Sims ★★★★ 2

the elevator pitch for this movie is burj khalifa length
Review by alex ★★★★ 1

oh boy did i have zero idea of what this movie would be about
Review by Chris 🍉 ★★★★★ 7

this is the funniest shit ive ever seen
i cant stop thinking about it so im gonna say it here too: theres this part in the film where a character picks up something from the table and then stops for a second and fixes a wine glass that was toppled over and cary grant (off screen and in a quiet voice) goes “eh– he stops to do that?” almost like hes asking the director that. i dont know if that was scripted or if cary grant even intentionally said that as part of the scene but it made me lose my MIND
Review by Maria ★★★★ 3

There aren't enough movies about sweet, murderous spinster aunts.
Review by teagan ★★★★★

cary grant is extraordinarily hot and makes a series of extraordinarily confused faces over the course of this film. please watch it immediately
Review by tru ★★★★½ 2

i love peter lorre so fucking much
Review by cinéfila... 🕯️ ★★★½

this movie confirmed that my ideal man looks exactly like cary grant and has a long (and i mean LONG) history of mental illness

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She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

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Theatrical limited

01 Sep 1944

Theatrical

23 Sep 1944

04 Dec 1944

31 Dec 1944

26 Jun 1945

20 Dec 1946

05 Aug 1948

12 May 1952

Physical

06 Mar 2008

TV

31 Dec 2022

Brazil

04 Dec 1944

Canada

31 Dec 1944

Denmark

05 Aug 1948

France

20 Dec 1946

Germany

12 May 1952

Greece

12 May 1952

Italy

26 Jun 1945

31 Dec 2022

Netherlands

06 Mar 2008

USA

01 Sep 1944

23 Sep 1944

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