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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
December 27, 2016  | By David Bianculli

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

 

This 1944 movie is one of my absolute favorite comedies, and Cary Grant goes at it with an all-out abandon that really works beautifully. His reactions and double takes are like a Tex Avery cartoon come to life – and with good reason. It’s a movie version of a stage play about homicidal spinster sisters, who invite unfortunate men into their parlor to poison them. And it’s hilarious.

 
 
 
 
 
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