Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · TMDB 7.6
Directed by Robert Hamer
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.
Why it matters
A darkly comic tale of a man who murders his way through the family line to claim a dukedom, with Alec Guinness playing all eight victims.
From Anarchy in the UK
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Released
- 1949-06-23
- Studio
- Ealing Studios
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.6
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Key contributors
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Robert Hamer
Director
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John Dighton
Writer
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Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini / His Father
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Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
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Joan Greenwood
Sibella
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Valerie Hobson
Edith D'Ascoyne
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Audrey Fildes
Mama
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Miles Malleson
The Hangman
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Clive Morton
The Prison Governor
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John Penrose
Lionel Holland