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Arsenic and Old Lace

Movie · 1944 · 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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1944 film by Frank Capra
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Year
1944
Runtime
118 min
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • madness
  • death
  • love
  • deception
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour8
Realism4
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

Details

Genres
drama, comedy, film noir, crime, romance, mystery, thriller, suspense, comedy thriller, crime thriller, crime drama
Directed by
Frank Capra
Written by
Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Joseph Kesselring
Starring
Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Josephine Hull, Raymond Massey, Priscilla Lane, Edward Everett Horton, Jack Carson, Charles Lane
Music
Max Steiner
Cinematography
Sol Polito
Runtime
118 min
Country
United States
Languages
German, English

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