: After a night of kidnapping attempts and bumbling police interference, the truth about Mortimer’s lineage provides a hilarious, relieving twist.
: Before leaving for his honeymoon, he stops in Brooklyn to tell his two sweet, elderly aunts, Abby and Martha, the news.
: Mortimer's brother, Teddy, believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and "buries" the bodies in the basement, thinking he is digging the Panama Canal. Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)
: While looking for a manuscript, Mortimer finds a dead body hidden in the window seat. The Family Secrets
: Mortimer Brewster (played by Cary Grant ), a drama critic and famous bachelor, finally gets married. : After a night of kidnapping attempts and
: Jonathan and Mortimer engage in a battle of wits to see who can get rid of their respective bodies first.
: His aunts casually admit they've been poisoning lonely old men with elderberry wine laced with arsenic. : While looking for a manuscript, Mortimer finds
The 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace , directed by Frank Capra , is a quintessential screwball dark comedy that blends romance, madness, and murder in a single chaotic Halloween night. The Story Setup