Movie
Arsenic and Old Lace
Released: September 1, 1944 (1944)
Runtime: 118 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Crime
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!
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Jean Adair as Aunt Martha Brewster
Age at release: 71
- Josephine Hull as Aunt Abby Brewster
Age at release: 67
- James Gleason as Lt. Rooney
Age at release: 62
- Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Witherspoon
Age at release: 58
- Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster
Age at release: 48
- John Alexander as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Age at release: 46
- Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster
Age at release: 40
- Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein
Age at release: 40
- Jack Carson as Officer Patrick O'Hara
Age at release: 33
- Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper Brewster
Age at release: 29
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- Edward McWade as Gibbs
Age at release: 79
- Vaughan Glaser as Judge Cullman
Age at release: 71
- Grant Mitchell as Reverend Harper
Age at release: 70
- Leo White as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Age at release: 70
- Spencer Charters as Marriage License Clerk
Age at release: 69
- Edward McNamara as Sergeant Brophy
Age at release: 60
- Hank Mann as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Age at release: 57
- Raymond Walburn as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- Chester Clute as Dr. Gilchrist
Age at release: 53
- Lee Phelps as Umpire (uncredited)
Age at release: 51
- Garry Owen as Taxi Cab Driver
Age at release: 42
- Charles Lane as Reporter at Marriage License Office
Age at release: 39
- Sol Gorss as New York Pitcher (uncredited)
Age at release: 36
- John Ridgely as Officer Saunders
Age at release: 34
- Spec O'Donnell as Young Man in Line (uncredited)
Age at release: 33