Arsenic And Old Lace (1944) (Reliable)

as Dr. Einstein: Jonathan’s nervous, enabling companion.

The film features a mix of Hollywood stars and original Broadway cast members: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

as Jonathan: Replaced Boris Karloff, who was not released from his stage contract for the film. as Dr. Einstein: Jonathan’s nervous

as Elaine Harper: Mortimer’s increasingly frustrated new bride. Key Themes and Production Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The story follows (Cary Grant), a drama critic and famous bachelor who finally gets married on Halloween. When he returns to his family’s ancestral Brooklyn home to tell his aunts—the sweet and seemingly charitable Abby and Martha —the news, he makes a grisly discovery: a dead body hidden in the window seat.

as Abby and Martha: Both actresses reprised their roles from the smash-hit Broadway play.