Arsenic and Old Lace

     

Arsenic and Old Lace1944

Director: Frank Capra
Stars: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 118 minutes

Frank Capra made this film in 1941 before he went off to make films for America's war effort, but it wasn't released until 1944. Adapted from the hit play by Joseph Kesselring, this frantic black comedy shows Capra at his best as a master of mood an… more »


Dr. Einstein:
You got twelve, they got twelve.

Jonathan Brewster:
I've got thirteen!

Dr. Einstein:
No, Johnny, twelve - don't brag.

Jonathan Brewster:
Thirteen! There's Mr. Spinalzo and the first one in London, two in Johannesburg, one in Sydney, one in Melbourne, two in San Francisco, one in Phoenix, Arizona...

Dr. Einstein:
Phoenix?

Jonathan Brewster:
The filling station...

Dr. Einstein:
Filling station? Oh!

Dr. Einstein:
Yes.

Jonathan Brewster:
Then three in Chicago and one in South Bend.

Dr. Einstein:
You cannot count the one in South Bend. He died of pneumonia!

Jonathan Brewster:
He wouldn't have died of pneumonia if I hadn't shot him!

Dr. Einstein:
No, no, Johnny. You cannot count him. You got twelve, they got twelve. The old ladies is just as good as you are!

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