Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

He chopped down the family tree...

Comedy Crime

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.

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  • Release Date: 1949-06-21
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Robert Hamer

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    Cast

    • Dennis Price

      Louis Mazzini / His Father

    • Alec Guinness

      The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

    • Joan Greenwood

      Sibella

    • Valerie Hobson

      Edith D'Ascoyne

    • Audrey Fildes

      Mama

    • Miles Malleson

      The Hangman

    • Clive Morton

      The Prison Governor

    • John Penrose

      Lionel Holland

    • Cecil Ramage

      Crown Counsel

    • Hugh Griffith

      Lord High Steward

    • John Salew

      Mr. Perkins

    • Eric Messiter

      Inspector Burgoyne

    • Lyn Evans

      The Farmer

    • Barbara Leake

      The Schoolmistress

    • Peggy Ann Clifford

      Maud Redpole

    • Anne Valery

      The Girl in the Punt

    • Arthur Lowe

      The Reporter

    • Peter Gawthorne

      First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)

    • Molly Hamley-Clifford

      Lady Redpole (uncredited)

    • Leslie Handford

      Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)

    • Cavan Malone

      Young Graham (uncredited)

    • Jeremy Spenser

      Young Louis (uncredited)

    • Carol White

      Young Sibella (uncredited)

    • Laurence Naismith

      Warder in Jail (uncredited)

    • Gordon Phillott

      Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)

    • Richard Wattis

      Defence Counsel (uncredited)

    • Harold Young

      Captain (uncredited)

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