Home > Film: Arsenic and Old Lace
Title: | Arsenic and Old Lace [IMDb] | ![]() |
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Release date: | September 23, 1944 | ||||
Studio: | Warner Brothers | ||||
Runtime: | 118 minutes | ||||
IMDB genres: | comedy, crime, thriller | ||||
Award Nominations: | Best Archival Re-Recording of an Existing Score | ||||
BYU holdings: | https://search.lib.byu.edu/byu/record/lee.6768544 |
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