Arsenic and Old Lace

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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Warner Bros., 1944

It's Halloween night, and Grant's attempts at a honeymoon getaway with bride Lane are stalled when he discovers more than one skeleton in his closet. It turns out his charming aunts are murderers, his brother's a serial killer, and his uncle thinks he's Theodore Roosevelt. Grant's explanation: "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.".

PRINCIPAL CAST Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane,
Raymond Massey
DIRECTOR Frank Capra
PRODUCER Frank Capra
SCREENWRITERS Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
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This film ranked 30
on the AFI Top 100 Laughs