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Arsenic And Old Lace
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
















September 9, 1887 in Plymouth, Indiana, USA

13 June 1873, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

12 June 1915, Indianola, Iowa, USA

10 June 1873, New York City, New York, USA

26 June 1904, Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia]

18 February 1891, Orange, New Jersey, USA

29 November 1897, Newport, Kentucky, USA

26 January 1905, San Francisco, California, USA

March 25, 1875 in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA

23 May 1882, New York City, New York, USA

15 May 1893, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA


14 January 1865, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

18 January 1904, Horfield, Bristol, England, UK

30 August 1896, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3 January 1877, Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA

14 August 1884, Paterson, New Jersey, USA

6 September 1909, Chicago, Illinois, USA

9 April 1911, Fresno, California, USA

18 March 1886, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

28 May 1887, New York City, New York, USA

17 June 1874, Columbus, Ohio, USA

17 November 1872, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

22 March 1908, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

27 October 1910, Carman, Manitoba, Canada

18 February 1902, Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA



August 13, 2007
Riotously funny.
August 13, 2007
The timing is abysmal throughout, turning fast pace into numbing frenzy.
October 22, 2013
Cary Grant et al are on sparkling form in this classic darkly twisted comedy.
July 17, 2005
Unable to conceal the film's theatrical origins, Capra misfires as a director and misguides Cary Garnt, who's too mannered, but the time, the combo of horror and comedy was new and the old ladies' gruseome hobby was shocking to audiences.
October 22, 2013
The film was adapted from a successful stage play and it comes across as very theatrical on screen, but once you get past that, there's an enjoyable lunacy to the whole thing.
August 13, 2007
Despite the fact that picture runs 118 minutes, Frank Capra has expanded on the original play [by Joseph Kesselring] to a sufficient extent to maintain a steady, consistent pace.
August 08, 2006
Good macabre fun.
December 14, 2010
Cary Grant serial-killer comedy classic is cozy and tame.
September 27, 2003
has stood the test of time to remain as funny today as anything Hollywood is producing now.
February 22, 2016
Today the stellar cast comes across as overacting, mugging into predictable pratfalls, blustering obtuseness and telegraphed laff lines.
October 25, 2004
Charge! off to see this classic Capra screwballer.
June 24, 2006
Dusty but gentle entertainment.