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    Unique ID Code: 0000018186
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    Added on: 23/5/2001 16:17
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    Arsenic and Old Lace (UK)

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    Mirthful murder Cary-ed off in slapstick, slap-happy style!
    Certificate: PG
    Running Time: 114 mins
    Retail Price: £12.99
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    Synopsis:
    Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce, based on Joseph Kesselring`s 1941 Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra.

    Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, one sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he`s Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane) – and only one night to make it turn out all right.

    In this circus` centre ring is Grant, twisting his face into a clown`s gallery of flabbergasted reactions and transforming his natural athletic grace into a rubber-legged comic ballet. You`ll die laughing.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Theatrical Trailer

    Video Tracks:
    Standard 1.33:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Mono English
    Dolby Digital Mono Italian
    Dolby Digital Mono French

    Subtitle Tracks:
    French
    Italian
    CC: Italian
    Romanian
    English
    Spanish
    German
    CC: English
    Portuguese
    Dutch
    Arabic
    Bulgarian

    Directed By:
    Frank Capra

    Written By:



    Starring:
    Peter Lorre
    Edward Everett Horton
    Jack Carson
    Raymond Massey
    Priscilla Lane
    Cary Grant

    Soundtrack By:
    Max Steiner

    Director of Photography:
    Sol Polito

    Editor:
    Daniel Mandell

    Costume Designer:
    Orry-Kelly

    Producer:
    Frank Capra

    Executive Producer:
    Jack L. Warner

    Distributor:
    Warner Bros

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