Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

06/21/1949 (GB) • 1h 44m

Comedy, Crime

He chopped down the family tree...

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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

Valerie Hobson

Edith D'Ascoyne

Miles Malleson

The Hangman

Clive Morton

The Prison Governor

John Penrose

Lionel Holland

Cecil Ramage

Crown Counsel


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

prison

jealousy

based on novel or book

italian

poison

widow

gallows

dark comedy

hot air balloon

duke

relatives

singer

black and white

series of murders

heir

dysfunctional relationship

edwardian england

1900s

understated

absurd

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