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!| Status: | Released (1944-09-01) |
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| Awards: | 1 nomination |
| Screen: | Julius J. Epstein, Joseph Kesselring, Charles Dorat |
| Productions: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 2638: Cary Grant - Mortimer Brewster
- 2670: Priscilla Lane - Elaine Harper Brewster
- 2667: Josephine Hull - Aunt Abby Brewster
- 2668: Jean Adair - Aunt Martha Brewster
- 2669: Raymond Massey - Jonathan Brewster
- 2671: John Alexander - 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
- 2094: Peter Lorre - Dr. Einstein
Crews
- 2662: Frank Capra - Director - Directing
- 2666: Philip G. Epstein - Screenplay - Writing
- 2662: Frank Capra - Producer - Production
- 2663: Jack L. Warner - Producer - Production
- 2664: Joseph Kesselring - Theatre Play - Writing
- 2665: Julius J. Epstein - Screenplay - Writing
- 8714: Sol Polito - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
John Chard
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Frenetic roller-coaster ride - Capra style! The Broadway show this film is based on ran for something like four years, such was the yearning for riotous rompathons in the 40s, and thus here the Capra adaptation is pretty much non stop mania. Led by the perfectly cast Cary Grant, t ....
Continue reading ->barrymost
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There are thirteen bodies in the cellar! Oh, piffle. Drama critic Mortimer Brewster has just gotten married. But his newfound wedded bliss is interrupted by the disturbing discovery that his sweet old spinster aunts have been murdering lonely old men with their homemade elderber ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**An extraordinary comedy that stands out for its unpretentiousness.** I didn't have high expectations when I decided to watch this film, and I think this increased the impact it ended up having even more: based on a successful play, the film is an extraordinary comedy full of biz ....
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