5.8
Arsenic & Old Lace (1962)
February 5, 19621h 16mEN
6.5
2 votes
Overview
1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit
Director
George SchaeferWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
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7.0Tony 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)…
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