Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

"She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!"Movie
Audience Score
76
Arsenic and Old Lace
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NR 1 hr 58 minSep 23rd, 1944Comedy, Crime
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Plot
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!

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 23rd, 1944 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 29th, 2000 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$1,120,175
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Warner Bros. Pictures

Arsenic and Old Lace Quotes

Teddy Brewster Expresses Concern About His Health

Teddy Brewster: I must be catching cold.

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: [adoring] Yes, Mortimer.