Arsenic & Old Lace
1962 | 76m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | George Schaefer |
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| Writer: | Joseph Kesselring |
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| 1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit | |
| Release Date: | Feb 05, 1962 |
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| Director: | George Schaefer |
| Writer: | Joseph Kesselring |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Thriller |
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tony Randall | Mortimer Brewster |
| Boris Karloff | Jonathan Brewster |
| Dorothy Stickney | Abby Brewster |
| Mildred Natwick | Martha Brewster |
| Tom Bosley | Teddy Brewster |
| George Voskovec | Dr. Herman Einstein |
| Farrell Pelly | Rev. Dr. Harper |
| Dort Clark | Officer Brophy |
| Nathaniel Frey | Officer Klein |
| Dodie Heath | Elaine Harper |
| Alan MacAteer | Mr. Gibbs |
| Ralph Dunn | Lt. Rooney |
| Edward F. Cullen | Mr. Witherspoon |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joseph Kesselring | Writer |
| George Schaefer | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Hartung | Producer |
| George Schaefer | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
Tony Randall ("Mortimer") is great as the nephew who returns to his family home, and to his two maiden aunts "Abby" (Dorothy Stickney") and "Martha" (Mildred Natwick) who look very much the refined, gracious, butter-wouldn't-melt type. Shortly afterwards, however, he discovers that these two elderly ... spinsters have a grisly secret in their basement and when his long-lost brother "Jonathan" (Boris Karloff) arrives; he discovers that this runs in the family! It hasn't quite the charm of the 1944 iteration, and the theatrical staging - and frequently annoying interventions of "Teddy" (Tom Bosley) do detract a bit from the comedy, but the principals are on good form and all in all it's quite a charming outing for Karloff, especially, who plays his menacing, comedic, part as much to camera as to his partners on the "stage". Luckily, I've never been partial to elderberry wine...