Director: Frank Capra
Script: Julias J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, nach dem Stück von Joseph Kesselring
Cast: Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Peter Lorre, Jack Carson, Jane Adair, Josephine Hull, Edward Everett Horten, John Alexander
Camera: Sol Polito
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Music: Max Steiner
Additional Credits: Special Effects: Byron Haskin, Robert Burks
Producers: Frank Capra
Production: Warner Bros. - First National

In Frank Capra’s gothic comedy Arsenic and Old Lace, based on the eponymous theatre success, Peter Lorre opts for a humorous approach: It concerns the shady plastic surgeon Dr. Einstein, with lazy lidded eyes, few expressions and an ominously mild tone of voice. While he gives the unsettling impression of a murderer, it is the two charming lace-clad ladies who are the true culprits.

Introduction: Elisabeth Streit