Arsenic and Old Lace

Plot Summary

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!

Top Cast

Cary Grant Mortimer Brewster

Priscilla Lane Elaine Harper Brewster

Josephine Hull Aunt Abby Brewster

Jean Adair Aunt Martha Brewster

Raymond Massey Jonathan Brewster