as Jonathan: Replaced Boris Karloff, who was not released from his stage contract for the film.
Mortimer soon learns that his aunts have been "charitably" poisoning lonely old men with elderberry wine spiked with arsenic, strychnine, and cyanide. Matters escalate with the arrival of: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
: The film is a rare Capra project that avoids his usual "social consciousness" (as seen in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ) in favor of "good old-fashioned theater". as Jonathan: Replaced Boris Karloff, who was not
: Based on the 1939 play by Joseph Kesselring, the film retains a fast-talking, door-slamming energy that keeps the 118-minute runtime moving at a breakneck pace. as Jonathan: Replaced Boris Karloff