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Arsenic & Old Lace

1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit

Top Cast

  • Tony Randall

    Tony Randall

    Mortimer Brewster

  • Dorothy Stickney

    Dorothy Stickney

    Abby Brewster

  • Mildred Natwick

    Mildred Natwick

    Martha Brewster

  • Tom Bosley

    Tom Bosley

    Teddy Brewster

  • George Voskovec

    George Voskovec

    Dr. Einstein

  • Boris Karloff

    Boris Karloff

    Jonathan Brewster

  • Farrell Pelly

    Farrell Pelly

    Dr. Harper

  • Dort Clark

    Dort Clark

    Officer Brophy

  • Nathaniel Frey

    Nathaniel Frey

    Officer Klein

Overview

1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit

Rating

6.5 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Nov 19, 2024

    Tony Randall ("Mortimer") is great as the nephew who returns to his family home, and to his two maiden aunts "Abby" (Dorothy Stickney") and "Martha" (Mildred Natwick) who look very much the refined, gracious, butter-wouldn't-melt type. Shortly afterwards, however, he discovers that these two elderly spinsters have a grisly secret in their basement and when his long-lost brother "Jonathan" (Boris Karloff) arrives; he discovers that this runs in the family! It hasn't quite the charm of the 1944 iteration, and the theatrical staging - and frequently annoying interventions of "Teddy" (Tom Bosley) do detract a bit from the comedy, but the principals are on good form and all in all it's quite a charming outing for Karloff, especially, who plays his menacing, comedic, part as much to camera as to his partners on the "stage". Luckily, I've never been partial to elderberry wine...

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