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Cast & Crew

Frank Capra
Director
Lee Phelps
As Umpire (uncredited)
Charles Lane
As Reporter at Marriage License Office
Spencer Charters
As Marriage License Clerk
Chester Clute
As Dr. Gilchrist
Leo White
As Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
As New York Pitcher (uncredited)
John Ridgely
As Officer Saunders

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Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic comedy film about a newspaper critic, Mortimer Brewster, who discovers that his two spinster aunts have a peculiar hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar! When Mortimer's bride-to-be arrives, he tries to keep his family's eccentricities a secret, but things quickly spiral out of control. With a cast of colorful characters, including a Boris Karloff lookalike and a man who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, this film is a wild and hilarious ride.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Arsenic and Old Lace include Follow the Leader, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Mr. District Attorney, Murder by Invitation, Midnight Manhunt, Raffles.

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Arsenic and Old Lace was released in theaters on September 23, 1944.