as Dr. Einstein: Jonathan’s nervous, enabling companion.
: 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 Abby and Martha: Both actresses reprised their roles from the smash-hit Broadway play.
as Elaine Harper: Mortimer’s increasingly frustrated new bride. Key Themes and Production
: Mortimer’s brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and is busy "digging the Panama Canal" (burying the aunts' victims) in the cellar.
as Dr. Einstein: Jonathan’s nervous, enabling companion.
: 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". Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as Abby and Martha: Both actresses reprised their roles from the smash-hit Broadway play. as Dr. Einstein: Jonathan’s nervous
as Elaine Harper: Mortimer’s increasingly frustrated new bride. Key Themes and Production Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
: Mortimer’s brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and is busy "digging the Panama Canal" (burying the aunts' victims) in the cellar.