“Aunt Abby, how can I believe you? There are twelve bodies in the...” – Mortimer, Arsenic and Old Lace ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Arsenic and Old Lace 1944

Mortimer

Aunt Abby, how can I believe you? There are twelve bodies in the cellar and you admit you poisoned them.

Abby

Yes, I did. But you don't think I'd stoop to telling a fib.

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Mortimer Brewster Cary Grant More Mortimer quotes →

Teddy John Alexander More Teddy quotes →

Abby Josephine Hull More Abby quotes →

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