Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944 | 1h 58m | Comedy, Mystery | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

The Brewster sisters are spinster pillars of Brooklyn society, except for their secret penchant for poisoning old male callers with their homemade elderberry wine, to end the men's loneliness!

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Frank Capra

CAST

Cary Grant

Raymond Massey

John Alexander

Jean Adair

Josephine Hull

Priscilla Lane

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

Julius J. Epstein

Philip G. Epstein

Joseph Kesselring

Host Intros

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Alicia Malone Intro -- Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)
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TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Arsenic And Old Lace, 1944.

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Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Hope There's A Fatted Calf
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Daffy Aunts Abby and Martha (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair) are wondering why nephew Mortimer (Cary Grant, not seen) is so upset over their murder habit when his criminally insane brother Jonathan (Raymond Massey), with sidekick Einstein (Peter Lorre), appears, in Arsenic And Old Lace, 1944.
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Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Mortimer Me!
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The opening introducing Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane as the marrying couple, written by Julius and Philip Epstein as a preamble to their adaptation of the Joseph Kesselring play, Frank Capra directing, the held-for-release 1944 hit Arsenic And Old Lace.
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Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Murder Will Out
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Just married famous critic Mortimer (Cary Grant) discussing a long lost brother with Aunt Abby (Josephine Hull), preparing a celebration with Aunt Martha (Jean Adair), presumes their crazy brother Teddy is to blame, as he discovers their shocking hobby, in Frank Capra's Arsenic And Old Lace, 1944.
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Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) -- (Movie Clip) All Alone In The World
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Mortimer (Cary Grant) is desperate to delay his bride (Priscilla Lane) and have his uncle committed, having just discovered his aunts Abby and Martha (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair) like to poison old men, when a candidate (Edward McWade) appears, in Arsenic And Old Lace, 1944.
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Arsenic and Old Lace - (Original Trailer)
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A young man (Cary Grant) about to be married discovers his two aunts are poisoning lonely old men in Arsenic and Old Lace, (1944).

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