Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Frank Capra.

Cast

• Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster
• Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper Brewster
• Josephine Hull as Aunt Abby Brewster
• Jean Adair as Aunt Martha Brewster
• Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster
• John Alexander as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
• Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein
• Jack Carson as Officer Patrick O'Hara
• Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Witherspoon
• James Gleason as Lt. Rooney
• Grant Mitchell as Reverend Harper
• Edward McNamara as Sergeant Brophy
• Garry Owen as Taxi Cab Driver
• John Ridgely as Officer Saunders
• Vaughan Glaser as Judge Cullman
• Chester Clute as Dr. Gilchrist
• Charles Lane as Reporter at Marriage License Office
• Edward McWade as Gibbs
• Hank Mann as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
• Spencer Charters as Marriage License Clerk
• Sol Gorss as New York Pitcher (uncredited)
• Lee Phelps as Umpire (uncredited)
• Raymond Walburn as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
• Spec O'Donnell as Young Man in Line (uncredited)
• Leo White as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Crew

• Frank Capra — Director
• Philip G. Epstein — Screenplay
• Frank Capra — Producer
• Jack L. Warner — Producer
• Julius J. Epstein — Screenplay
• Sol Polito — Director of Photography
• Max Steiner — Original Music Composer
• Leo F. Forbstein — Original Music Composer

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