Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Approved 21 Sep 1944 • Comedy, Crime, Thriller • 1h 58m
Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.
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English, German
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1 nomination
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United States
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