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'Look, I probably should have told you this before but you see, insanity doesn't just run in my family - it practically gallops.'

One of the funniest and most murderous of black comedies, Arsenic and Old Lace tells the story of two charming, gentle and lethal spinsters whose mission in life is to 'save' their lodgers from the sorrows of this world.

Amidst the farcical mayhem, their drama critic nephew must somehow cope with his crazy, homicidal family and the local police in Brooklyn, New York, as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves.