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Arsenic and Old Lace
Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer86%as of 2025-01-30
- Rotten Tomatoes average7.5/10as of 2021-10-10
What it is
Arsenic and Old Lace is a 1944 American screwball black comedy crime film directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. The screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein is based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 play of the same name. The contract with the play's producers stipulated that the film would not be released until the Broadway run ended. The original planned release date was September 30, 1942.
At a glance
- Genres
- Comedy / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance
- Original language
- English
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