Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre. On Halloween, newly married drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant, cutting loose in a hilariously harried performance) returns home to Brooklyn, where his adorably dotty aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair, who both starred in the Broadway production) greet him with love, sweetness . . . and a grisly surprise: the corpses buried in their cellar. A bugle-playing brother (John Alexander) who thinks hes Teddy Roosevelt, a crazed criminal (Raymond Massey) whos a dead ringer for Boris Karloff, and a seriously slippery plastic surgeon (Peter Lorre) are among the outr oddballs populating Arsenic and Old Lace, a diabolical delight that only gets funnier as the body count rises.

DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New, restored 4K digital transfer
• New audio commentary featuring Charles Dennis, author of Theres a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of Arsenic and Old Lace
• Radio adaptation from 1952 starring Boris Karloff
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic David Cairns

• Aspect Ratio : 1.37:1
• MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
• Package Dimensions : 7.56 x 5.35 x 0.47 inches; 2.72 ounces
• Director : Frank Capra
• Media Format : NTSC, DVD
• Release date : October 11, 2022
• Actors : Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton
• Producers : Russel Crouse, Howard Lindsay, Frank Capra
• Studio : The Criterion Collection
• Country of Origin : USA
• Number of discs : 1