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About
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!
Theatrical
Sep 23, 1944
Budget
$1.1M
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 29, 2000
Theaters
3
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Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Quotes
See all →Teddy Brewster Expresses Concern About His Health
Teddy Brewster
I must be catching cold.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Reluctant Decision on Marriage
Mortimer
Yeah, yeah, I know that bromide. Something borrowed, something blue - old, new! Rice and old shoes, carry you over the threshold, Niagara Falls — all the silly tripe I've made fun of for years. Is this what I've come to? I can't go through with it. I won't marry you and that's that!
Elaine
Yes, Mortimer.
[adoring]
Mortimer
What do you mean, "Yes, Mortimer"? Aren't you insulted? Aren't you going to cry? Aren't you going to make a scene?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →C
Cary Grant
Mortimer Brewster
P
Priscilla Lane
Elaine Harper Brewster
J
Josephine Hull
Aunt Abby Brewster
J
Jean Adair
Aunt Martha Brewster
R
Raymond Massey
Jonathan Brewster
J
John Alexander
'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
P
Peter Lorre
Dr. Einstein
J
Jack Carson
Officer Patrick O'Hara
E
Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Witherspoon
J
James Gleason
Lt. Rooney
G
Grant Mitchell
Reverend Harper
E
Edward McNamara
Sergeant Brophy
G
Garry Owen
Taxi Cab Driver
J
John Ridgely
Officer Saunders
V
Vaughan Glaser
Judge Cullman
C
Chester Clute
Dr. Gilchrist
C
Charles Lane
Reporter at Marriage License Office
E
Edward McWade
Gibbs
H
Hank Mann
Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
S
Spencer Charters
Marriage License Clerk
