Director: Frank Capra

Writers: Julius J. Epstein; Philip G. Epstein

From a play by: Joseph Kesselring

Music by: Max Steiner

Keywords: Dark Comedy, Halloween, Brooklyn, New York

Newly married Mortimer Brewster visits his two elderly aunts, where to his horror he discovers their hobby of euthanising lonely elderly men with arsenic-elderberry wine; nephew Teddy, who honestly thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt, digs the Panama Canal in the basement, burying the fresh cadavers as victims of yellow fever. Other family members are equally out of their minds.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jack Carson	Actor	27-Oct-1910	2-Jan-1963	Two Guys From Milwaukee
James Gleason	Actor	23-May-1882	12-Apr-1959	Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Cary Grant	Actor	18-Jan-1904	29-Nov-1986	North by Northwest
Edward Everett Horton	Actor	18-Mar-1886	29-Sep-1970	Prolific 1930s comedic actor
Josephine Hull	Actor	3-Jan-1886	12-Mar-1957	Harvey
Charles Lane	Actor	26-Jan-1905	9-Jul-2007	Grumpy character actor
Priscilla Lane	Actor	12-Jun-1915	4-Apr-1995	Saboteur
Peter Lorre	Actor	26-Jun-1904	23-Mar-1964	The Maltese Falcon
Raymond Massey	Actor	30-Aug-1896	29-Jul-1983	Things to Come
Grant Mitchell	Actor	17-Jun-1874	1-May-1957	Father Is a Prince

CAST

Cary Grant	...   Mortimer Brewster
Priscilla Lane	...   Elaine Harper
with
Raymond Massey	...   Jonathan Brewster
Jack Carson	...   O'Hara
Edward Everett Horton	...   Mr. Witherspoon
Peter Lorre	...   Dr. Einstein
James Gleason	...   Lt. Rooney
and
Josephine Hull	...   Abby Brewster
Jean Adair	...   Aunt Martha Brewster
John Alexander	...   Teddy Roosevelt Brewster
Grant Mitchell	...   Rev. Harper
Edward McNamara	...   Brophy
Garry Owen	...   Taxi Cab Driver
John Ridgely	...   Saunders
Vaughan Glaser	...   Judge Cullman
Chester Clute	...   Dr. Gilchrist
Charles Lane	...   Reporter
Edward McWade	...   Gibbs

REVIEWS

Review by tgrstoreman (posted on 15-May-2009)

Cary Grant at his hilarious best. A must for all his fans. All actors brilliant. Ageless and priceless humour.

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