Pulp Fiction
Thriller · Crime
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Film / 1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
Directed by
Frank Capra
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!
The story
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!
Cast
Cary GrantMortimer Brewster
Priscilla LaneElaine Harper Brewster
Josephine HullAunt Abby Brewster
Jean AdairAunt Martha Brewster
Raymond MasseyJonathan Brewster
John Alexander'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Peter LorreDr. Einstein
Jack CarsonOfficer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett HortonMr. Witherspoon
James GleasonLt. Rooney
Grant MitchellReverend Harper
Edward McNamaraSergeant Brophy
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Garry OwenTaxi Cab Driver
John RidgelyOfficer Saunders
Vaughan GlaserJudge Cullman
Chester CluteDr. Gilchrist
Charles LaneReporter at Marriage License Office
Edward McWadeGibbs
Hank MannPhotographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
Spencer ChartersMarriage License Clerk
Sol GorssNew York Pitcher (uncredited)
Lee PhelpsUmpire (uncredited)
Raymond WalburnDrummer at baseball game (uncredited)
Spec O'DonnellYoung Man in Line (uncredited)
Leo WhiteMan in Phone Booth (uncredited)
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