The 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace , directed by Frank Capra , is a quintessential screwball dark comedy that blends romance, madness, and murder in a single chaotic Halloween night. The Story Setup
: His long-lost brother, Jonathan (a serial killer on the run), arrives with a drunken surgeon, Dr. Einstein, and a corpse of his own. The Comedic Conflict Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)
: Mortimer frantically tries to get Teddy committed to a sanitarium to save him from being arrested for the aunts' crimes. The 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace ,
: Jonathan and Mortimer engage in a battle of wits to see who can get rid of their respective bodies first. directed by Frank Capra
: His aunts casually admit they've been poisoning lonely old men with elderberry wine laced with arsenic.