Arsenic & Old Lace Arsenic & Old Lace Arsenic & Old Lace is a 1962 television film directed by George Schaefer and starring Tony Randall. It first aired during season 11 of the NBC anthology series "Hallmark Hall of Fame". It is an adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's 1939 play "Arsenic and Old Lace". Boris Karloff reprised his role as Jonathan Brewster (who is described by the other characters as resembling the "Frankenstein" star), which he had originated on Broadway. He had been unable to appear in Frank Capra's 1944 film due to a scheduling conflict, but had played Jonathan on television once before, in
Lace (miniseries) UK import. Both "Lace" and "Lace II" were released on DVD through the Warner Archive Collection in 2010, but "Lace II" was discontinued a few months later. "Lace" was followed by a two-part sequel, "Lace II", which aired on ABC from May 5–6, 1985. The principal cast was identical to "Lace", with two exceptions: Deborah Raffin replaces Bess Armstrong in the role of Judy Hale, and Michael Fitzpatrick replaced Simon Chandler as Nick Cliffe. The plot of "Lace II" involves Lili's search for the identity of her father. It used the marketing line "Which one of you bastards is my