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.
23 May 1882, New York City, New York, USA
18 February 1891, Orange, New Jersey, USA
13 June 1873, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
30 August 1896, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 June 1874, Columbus, Ohio, USA
18 March 1886, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
26 January 1905, San Francisco, California, USA
12 June 1915, Indianola, Iowa, USA
26 June 1904, Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia]
18 February 1902, Brookhaven, Mississippi, USA
9 April 1911, Fresno, California, USA
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
Riotously funny.
August 08, 2006
Good macabre fun.
October 25, 2004
Charge! off to see this classic Capra screwballer.
February 22, 2016
Today the stellar cast comes across as overacting, mugging into predictable pratfalls, blustering obtuseness and telegraphed laff lines.
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.
June 24, 2006
Dusty but gentle entertainment.
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.
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.
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.
