Arsenic and Old Lace
“She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!”
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Synopsis
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!
Cast
Cary Grant·Mortimer Brewster
Priscilla Lane·Elaine Harper Brewster
Josephine Hull·Aunt Abby Brewster
Jean Adair·Aunt Martha Brewster
Raymond Massey·Jonathan Brewster
John Alexander·'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Peter Lorre·Dr. Einstein
Jack Carson·Officer Patrick O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton·Mr. Witherspoon
James Gleason·Lt. Rooney
Average shot length
7.5s per shot
Frank Capra's career average is 8.4s across 20 measured films —see the full picture.