Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

"He chopped down the family tree..."

7.6 June 23, 1949 1h 44m Released
ComedyCrime

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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Cast

  • Dennis Price

    Dennis Price

    Louis Mazzini / His Father

  • Alec Guinness

    Alec Guinness

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

  • Joan Greenwood

    Joan Greenwood

    Sibella

  • Valerie Hobson

    Valerie Hobson

    Edith D'Ascoyne

  • Audrey Fildes

    Audrey Fildes

    Mama

  • Miles Malleson

    Miles Malleson

    The Hangman

  • Clive Morton

    Clive Morton

    The Prison Governor

  • John Penrose

    John Penrose

    Lionel Holland

  • Cecil Ramage

    Cecil Ramage

    Crown Counsel

  • Hugh Griffith

    Hugh Griffith

    Lord High Steward

  • John Salew

    John Salew

    Mr. Perkins

  • Eric Messiter

    Eric Messiter

    Inspector Burgoyne

  • Lyn Evans

    Lyn Evans

    The Farmer

  • Barbara Leake

    Barbara Leake

    The Schoolmistress

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