Arsenic and Old Lace

Content Warnings

Overall Severity: 🟡 45/100

Total warning time: 2m 5s

Sex/Nudity: 🟢 10/100 (15s)

🟢 10/100 [00:15:30 - 00:15:45] Mild flirtatious behavior between characters.

Drug Use: 🟡 30/100 (1m)

🟡 30/100 [00:30:20 - 00:30:50] Characters discuss the effects of arsenic poisoning.
🟢 20/100 [01:05:10 - 01:05:40] A character is shown drinking alcohol.

Violence: 🟡 50/100 (45s)

🟡 50/100 [00:45:15 - 00:45:30] A character threatens another with a gun.
🟡 40/100 [01:20:00 - 01:20:30] A character is shown dead (comically).

Strong Language: 🟢 20/100 (5s)

🟢 20/100 [00:55:40 - 00:55:45] Mild expletive used in dialogue.

Details for Arsenic and Old Lace (1942)

Year: 1942

Certificate: [Certificate not found]

Arsenic and Old Lace Runtime: 118 min

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller

IMDB: 8

Meta Score: [Meta_score not found]

Votes: 65101

Gross: [Gross not found]

Director: Frank Capra

Cast Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson

Overview of Arsenic and Old Lace:

A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.

Who stars in the movie 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (1942)?

The movie stars Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster, Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper, Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster, and Jack Carson as Officer O'Hara.

What is the plot of 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (1942)?

The plot revolves around Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who discovers that his sweet, elderly aunts have been poisoning lonely old men and burying them in their basement. Chaos ensues when his criminal brother Jonathan returns home with a dead body of his own.