Arsenico e vecchi merletti (1944)
Mortimer Brewster, critico teatrale, va con la fidanzata a trovare le due anziane e amabili ziette. Dopo che Mortimer ha scoperto un cadavere in una cassapanca, le due candide signorine gli confessano senza difficoltà di aver già ucciso una dozzina di vecchietti e di averli sepolti in cantina con la collaborazione del nipote mentecatto Teddy. Dall'omonima commedia di Joseph Kesselring una delle più celebri opere di Frank Capra, scritta in stato di grazia e recitata da un cast impeccabile. Le simpatiche vecchiette assassine e il ritmo dei loro misfatti dimostrano che Capra non è il regista "buonista" che si vorrebbe far credere.
Direttore:
Frank Capra
Scrittori:
Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein.
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Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster |
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Priscilla Lane as Elaine Harper Brewster |
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Josephine Hull as Aunt Abby Brewster |
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Jean Adair as Aunt Martha Brewster |
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Raymond Massey as Jonathan Brewster |
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John Alexander as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster |
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Peter Lorre as Dr. Einstein |
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Jack Carson as Officer Patrick O'Hara |
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Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Witherspoon |
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James Gleason as Lt. Rooney |
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Grant Mitchell as Reverend Harper |
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Edward McNamara as Sergeant Brophy |
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Garry Owen as Taxi Cab Driver |
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John Ridgely as Officer Saunders |
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Vaughan Glaser as Judge Cullman |
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Chester Clute as Dr. Gilchrist |
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Charles Lane as Reporter at Marriage License Office |
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Edward McWade as Gibbs |
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Hank Mann as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited) |
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Spencer Charters as Marriage License Clerk |
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Sol Gorss as New York Pitcher (uncredited) |
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Lee Phelps as Umpire (uncredited) |
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Raymond Walburn as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited) |
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Spec O'Donnell as Young Man in Line (uncredited) |
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Leo White as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited) |
| Directing | Frank Capra | Director |
| Writing | Philip G. Epstein | Screenplay |
| Production | Frank Capra | Producer |
| Production | Jack L. Warner | Producer |
| Writing | Joseph Kesselring | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Julius J. Epstein | Screenplay |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Art | Max Parker | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Russell Saunders | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Harold Noyes | Grip |
| Production | Eric Stacey | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Robert Burks | Special Effects |
| Editing | Daniel Mandell | Editor |
| Camera | Mickey Marigold | Still Photographer |
| Sound | C.A. Riggs | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Crew | Byron Haskin | Special Effects |
| Sound | Hugo Friedhofer | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Wesley Anderson | Additional Camera |
| Directing | Claude Archer | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anita De Beltrand | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Charles O'Bannon | Gaffer |
| Camera | Frank Evans | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Everett Alton Brown | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Wallace | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Bob Fender | Unit Publicist |
