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Programme Information

Riotously funny black comedy with Cary Grant as the nephew who discovers that his seemingly sweet old aunts have a habit of bumping off their boyfriends.

Keywords:

Comedy, Thriller, Based-on-Play, Black Comedy, Movie, Film, Performing Arts, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1944) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Cary Grant	.... Mortimer Brewster
Josephine Hull	.... Aunt Abby Brewster
Jean Adair	.... Aunt Martha Brewster
Raymond Massey	.... Jonathan Brewster
Peter Lorre	.... Dr. Einstein
Priscilla Lane	.... Elaine Harper/Elaine Brewster

Supporting Cast:

John Alexander	.... Theodore 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
Jack Carson	.... Officer Patrick 'Pat' O'Hara
John Ridgely	.... Officer Saunders
Edward McNamara	.... Police Sgt. Brophy
James Gleason	.... Captain Rooney
Grant Mitchell	.... Reverend Harper
Edward Everett Horton	.... Mr. Witherspoon
Vaughan Glaser	.... Judge Cullman
Chester Clute	.... Dr. Gilchrist

Directors:

Frank Capra

Writers:

Joseph Kesselring
Julius J. Epstein