Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Cary Grant](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24219-cary-grant.webp)
Cary Grant
Mortimer Brewster
![Priscilla Lane](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39938-priscilla-lane.webp)
Priscilla Lane
Elaine Harper
![Raymond Massey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32736-raymond-massey.webp)
Raymond Massey
Jonathan Brewster
![Jack Carson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16852-jack-carson.webp)
Jack Carson
O'Hara
![Edward Everett Horton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32648-edward-everett-horton.webp)
Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Witherspoon
![Peter Lorre](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6060-peter-lorre.webp)
Peter Lorre
Dr. Einstein
![James Gleason](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27286-james-gleason.webp)
James Gleason
Police Lt. Rooney
![Josephine Hull](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39939-josephine-hull.webp)
Josephine Hull
Abby Brewster
![Jean Adair](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39940-jean-adair.webp)
Jean Adair
Martha Brewster
![John Alexander](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39941-john-alexander.webp)
John Alexander
'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
![Grant Mitchell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25596-grant-mitchell.webp)
Grant Mitchell
Reverend Harper
![Edward McNamara](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/383708-edward-mcnamara.webp)
Edward McNamara
Sergeant Brophy
![Frank Capra](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25091-frank-capra.webp)
Frank Capra
Director
![Garry Owen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39942-garry-owen.webp)
Garry Owen
Taxi Cab Driver
![Julius J. Epstein](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/271940-julius-j-epstein.webp)
Julius J. Epstein
Writer
![John Ridgely](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/7428-john-ridgely.webp)
John Ridgely
Officer Saunders
![Philip G. Epstein](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/172754-philip-g-epstein.webp)
Philip G. Epstein
Writer
![Vaughan Glaser](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39943-vaughan-glaser.webp)
Vaughan Glaser
Judge Cullman
![Joseph Kesselring](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Kesselring
Writer
![Max Steiner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1120212-max-steiner.webp)
Max Steiner
Composer
![Chester Clute](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27278-chester-clute.webp)
Chester Clute
Dr. Gilchrist
![Charles Lane](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6042-charles-lane.webp)
Charles Lane
Reporter at Marriage License Office
![Sol Polito](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1124506-sol-polito.webp)
Sol Polito
Cinematographer
![Edward McWade](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39944-edward-mcwade.webp)
Edward McWade
Gibbs
![Daniel Mandell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/213396-daniel-mandell.webp)
Daniel Mandell
Editor
![Hank Mann](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22635-hank-mann.webp)
Hank Mann
Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
![Spencer Charters](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27023-spencer-charters.webp)
Spencer Charters
Marriage License Clerk
![Sol Gorss](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27159-sol-gorss.webp)
Sol Gorss
New York Pitcher (uncredited)
![Lee Phelps](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16872-lee-phelps.webp)
Lee Phelps
Umpire (uncredited)
![Raymond Walburn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26345-raymond-walburn.webp)
Raymond Walburn
Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
![Spec O'Donnell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/204346-spec-o-donnell.webp)
Spec O'Donnell
Young Man in Line (uncredited)
![Leo White](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22368-leo-white.webp)
Leo White
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
![Jack L. Warner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57053-jack-l-warner.webp)
Jack L. Warner
Producer
![Robert Burks](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1121681-robert-burks.webp)
Robert Burks
Special Effects
![Mickey Marigold](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mickey Marigold
Still Photographer
![Wesley Anderson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wesley Anderson
Additional Camera
![Byron Haskin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47843-byron-haskin.webp)
Byron Haskin
Special Effects
![Orry-Kelly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1067873-orry-kelly.webp)
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
![Harold Noyes](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harold Noyes
Grip
![Eric Stacey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eric Stacey
Unit Production Manager
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Budget$1,120,175
Genres
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Wiki.
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball mystery black comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein is based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play of the same name. The contract with the play's producers stipulated that the film would not be released until the Broadway run ended. The original planned release date was September 30, 1942. The play was hugely successful, running for three and a half years, so the film was not released until 1944.
The lead role of Mortimer Brewster was originally intended for Bob Hope, but he could not be released from his contract with Paramount Pictures. Capra had also approached Jack Benny and Richard Travis before learning that Grant would accept the role. On the Broadway stage, Boris Karloff played Jonathan Brewster, who is said to "look like Boris Karloff". According to Turner Classic Movies, Karloff, who gave permission for the use of his name in the film, remained in the play to appease the producers, who were afraid of what stripping the play of all its primary cast would do to ticket sales. Raymond Massey took Karloff's place on screen. The film's supporting cast also features Jack Carson, Priscilla Lane, Peter Lorre, and Edward Everett Horton.
Josephine Hull and Jean Adair portray the Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha, respectively. Hull and Adair, as well as John Alexander (who played Teddy Brewster), reprised their roles from the 1941 stage production. Hull and Adair both received an eight-week leave of absence from the stage production, which was still running, but Karloff did not, as he was an investor in the stage production and its main draw. The entire film was shot within those eight weeks. The film cost just over $1.2 million of a $2 million budget to produce.
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