Arsenic and Old Lace
A giddy, fast-talking farce that keeps you laughing while corpses pile up in the cellar, mixing screwball charm with macabre mischief.
- About
- 1944 film by Frank Capra
- Class
- Movie
- Year
- 1944
- Runtime
- 118 min
A giddy, fast-talking farce that keeps you laughing while corpses pile up in the cellar, mixing screwball charm with macabre mischief.
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| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 3 | |
| Horror | 3 | |
| Humour | 8 | |
| Realism | 4 | |
| Romance | 4 | |
| Tension | 6 | |
| Darkness | 6 | |
| Complexity | 5 | |
| Emotional weight | 4 |
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