After years of railing against the institution of marriage, Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) decides to tie the knot on Halloween with the minister’s daughter (Priscilla Lane) who grew up next door. Now all that’s left is a quick trip home to share the good news with the two spinster aunts who raised him. But discovering a dead body turns his life topsy turvy, especially when he learns about their peculiar hobbies hidden in the cellar. Frank Capra directs a devilishly funny black comedy farce that’ll leave you in stitches, with Grant’s surprised looks and animated facial expressions stealing the show.
