Arsenic and Old Lace
Summary:
Arsenic and Old Lace is director Frank Capra's spin on the classic Joseph Kesselring stage comedy, which concerns the sweet old Brewster sisters (Josephine Hull, Jean Adair), beloved in their genteel Brooklyn neighborhood for their many charitable acts. One charity which the ladies don't advertise is their ongoing effort to permit lonely bachelors to die with smiles on the... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Cary Grant - (Mortimer Brewster)
Priscilla Lane - (Elaine Harper)
Raymond Massey - (Jonathan Brewster)
Jack Carson - (Officer O'Hara)
Peter Lorre - (Dr. Einstein)
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Review:
This hilariously droll black comedy is one of the most successful adaptations of theater to film. The deft portraits of two classically sweet little old ladies (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who invite bachelors to dinner and then poison them with spiked elderberry wine are at the center of the increasingly frantic proceedings. A homicidal n... Continue >>
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