Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
He chopped down the family tree...
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.
- Date of release
- 1949-06-23
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (634)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Director
- Robert Hamer
Casting
- 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
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