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crew: 30
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# Arsenic and Old Lace (1944): cast and crew

25 cast and 30 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Cary Grant](https://film.one/person/cary-grant.md) as Mortimer Brewster
- [Priscilla Lane](https://film.one/person/priscilla-lane.md) as Elaine Harper Brewster
- [Josephine Hull](https://film.one/person/josephine-hull.md) as Aunt Abby Brewster
- [Jean Adair](https://film.one/person/jean-adair.md) as Aunt Martha Brewster
- [Raymond Massey](https://film.one/person/raymond-massey.md) as Jonathan Brewster
- [John Alexander](https://film.one/person/john-alexander-2671.md) as 'Teddy Roosevelt' Brewster
- [Peter Lorre](https://film.one/person/peter-lorre.md) as Dr. Einstein
- [Jack Carson](https://film.one/person/jack-carson.md) as Officer Patrick O'Hara
- [Edward Everett Horton](https://film.one/person/edward-everett-horton.md) as Mr. Witherspoon
- [James Gleason](https://film.one/person/james-gleason.md) as Lt. Rooney
- [Grant Mitchell](https://film.one/person/grant-mitchell.md) as Reverend Harper
- [Edward McNamara](https://film.one/person/edward-mcnamara.md) as Sergeant Brophy
- Garry Owen as Taxi Cab Driver
- [John Ridgely](https://film.one/person/john-ridgely.md) as Officer Saunders
- Vaughan Glaser as Judge Cullman
- Chester Clute as Dr. Gilchrist
- [Charles Lane](https://film.one/person/charles-lane-29579.md) as Reporter at Marriage License Office
- Edward McWade as Gibbs
- [Hank Mann](https://film.one/person/hank-mann.md) as Photographer at Marriage License Office (uncredited)
- [Spencer Charters](https://film.one/person/spencer-charters.md) as Marriage License Clerk
- Sol Gorss as New York Pitcher (uncredited)
- Lee Phelps as Umpire (uncredited)
- [Raymond Walburn](https://film.one/person/raymond-walburn.md) as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited)
- Spec O'Donnell as Young Man in Line (uncredited)
- Leo White as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Frank Capra](https://film.one/person/frank-capra.md): Director
- Russell Saunders: Assistant Director
- Claude Archer: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Philip G. Epstein](https://film.one/person/philip-g-epstein.md): Screenplay
- Joseph Kesselring: Theatre Play
- [Julius J. Epstein](https://film.one/person/julius-j-epstein.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Frank Capra](https://film.one/person/frank-capra.md): Producer
- [Jack Warner](https://film.one/person/jack-l-warner.md): Producer
- Eric Stacey: Unit Production Manager

## Camera

- [Sol Polito](https://film.one/person/sol-polito.md): Director of Photography
- Harold Noyes: Grip
- Mickey Marigold: Still Photographer
- Wesley Anderson: Additional Camera
- Frank Evans: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Daniel Mandell](https://film.one/person/daniel-mandell.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- C.A. Riggs: Sound
- [Hugo Friedhofer](https://film.one/person/hugo-friedhofer.md): Orchestrator
- [Max Steiner](https://film.one/person/max-steiner.md): Original Music Composer
- [Leo F. Forbstein](https://film.one/person/leo-f-forbstein.md): Original Music Composer
- Everett Alton Brown: Sound Mixer

## Art

- [Max Parker](https://film.one/person/max-parker.md): Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- George Bau: Makeup Artist
- [Orry-Kelly](https://film.one/person/orry-kelly.md): Costume Design
- Perc Westmore: Makeup Artist
- Anita De Beltrand: Hairstylist
- John Wallace: Makeup Artist

## Lighting

- Charles O'Bannon: Gaffer

## Crew

- [Robert Burks](https://film.one/person/robert-burks.md): Special Effects
- Byron Haskin: Special Effects
- Bob Fender: Unit Publicist

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