Arsenic and Old Lace

1944 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 76,593 VOTES · DIR. Frank Capra

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Overview

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

Dialogue Timeline — 1,833 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:16 I'll knock your block off, you big stiff! You're a bum!
00:06:59 You know I'm not a swearing man.
00:11:45 Mortimer's made all the arrangements for Teddy...
00:16:23 And to think that it happened right here in this room!
00:20:55 Wait! Stop all this.
00:25:59 and he sat there dead in that chair...
00:30:18 This is Mortimer Brewster. I'll tell you why I called you. It's about Teddy.
00:34:59 Mr. Witherspoon speaking.
00:39:55 As if we were expected.
00:44:17 Yes, we'd all be better off at Happy Dale. I sign here as next of kin, don't l?
00:48:58 What are we going to do about Mr. Hoskins?
00:56:58 We happen to live here.
01:01:40 Here's $10. Go out and haunt yourself a hotel.
01:06:02 -By the way, where is Mr. Hoskins? -He must have gone to Panama.
01:11:07 Take the instruments and hide them in the cellar. Move fast.
01:15:00 Murdered? Certainly not. It's one of our charities.
01:19:38 Look at your aunts. They're Brewsters, aren't they?
01:23:46 -Get out of here, will you, please? -What? Speak up. I can't hear you.
01:29:03 To my dear, dead brother.
01:33:46 -I'll show them to you. -Don't make trouble for them!
01:38:11 -Questioning of spies is my department. -Hey, you, keep out of that.
01:42:52 Bully! Bully!
01:47:31 A doctor.
02:02:05 -What?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,833
Dialogue density15.5 lines / min
First line00:01:16
Final line02:02:05

Production Record

DirectorFrank Capra
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,120,175
IMDb votes76,593