Arsenic and Old Lace

Comedy, Crime, Thriller · 1944Not Rated

Oscar-winner Cary Grant ("The Awful Truth," "Suspicion," "North by Northwest") stars as a drama critic whose life is turned upside down when he discovers that his two spinster aunts have taken to poisoning their gentlemen house guests and burying the bodies in their old Victorian home. A classic and hilarious black comedy based on the popular Broadway play. Directed and produced by Oscar-winner Frank Capra ("It's A Wonderful Life," "It Happened One Night," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"). Co-starring Oscar-winner Josephine Hull ("Harvey"). With Peter Lorre ("Casablanca," "M") and Oscar-nominee Raymond Massey ("East of Eden," TV's "Dr. Kildare") as two scheming murderers.

Starring

Cary Grant, Frank Capra, Priscilla Lane, Frank Capra, Jack L. Warner, Raymond Massey, Joseph Kesselring, Jack Carson, Julius J. Epstein, Edward Everett Horton

Director

Frank Capra