Comedy ·Crime · United Kingdom · 1949 · 1h 44m

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets poster
Director
Robert Hamer
Cast
Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini / His Father Alec Guinness as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha Joan Greenwood as Sibella Valerie Hobson as Edith D'Ascoyne Audrey Fildes as Mama Miles Malleson as The Hangman
Crew
Douglas Slocombe — Director of Photography Peter Tanner — Editor Ernest Irving — Original Music Composer John Dighton — Screenplay Robert Hamer — Screenplay Roy Horniman — Novel
Tagline

He chopped down the family tree...

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Kind Hearts and Coronets — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
prisonjealousybased on novel or bookitalianpoisonwidowgallowsdark comedyhot air balloondukerelativessinger
Key Collaborators
Robert Hamer Director Douglas Slocombe Director of Photography Peter Tanner Editor Ernest Irving Original Music Composer John Dighton Screenplay Robert Hamer Screenplay Roy Horniman Novel Michael Balcon Producer Anthony Mendleson Costume Design
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