Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Released: 1949-06-21 Duration: 1hr 44min
Genres: Comedy Crime
Rating 7.7
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.

Production Companies

Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios
J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 11.366

Directed By

Robert Hamer

Crew

Producer
Michael Balcon
Director
Robert Hamer
Original Music Composer
Ernest Irving
Screenplay
Robert Hamer
Editor
Peter Tanner
Screenplay
John Dighton
Director of Photography
Douglas Slocombe
Art Direction
William Kellner
Associate Producer
Michael Relph
Makeup Artist
Ernest Taylor
Special Effects
Sydney Pearson
Hairstylist
Barbara Barnard
Hairstylist
Pearl Orton
Makeup Artist
Harry Frampton
Camera Operator
Jeff Seaholme
Screenplay
Nancy Mitford
Production Supervisor
Hal Mason
Assistant Editor
Roy Baker
Unit Production Manager
Leigh Aman
Assistant Art Director
Bert Davey
Hairstylist
Daphne Martin
Assistant Editor
John Jympson
Editorial Services
Seth Holt
Costume Design
Anthony Mendleson
Assistant Director
Norman Priggen
Conductor
Ernest Irving
Special Effects
Geoffrey Dickinson
Sound Director
Stephen Dalby
Continuity
Phyllis Crocker
Sound Recordist
John W. Mitchell

TOP 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

Valerie Hobson
Valerie Hobson

Edith D'Ascoyne

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

Peggy Ann Clifford
Peggy Ann Clifford

Maud Redpole

Anne Valery
Anne Valery

The Girl in the Punt

Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe

The Reporter

Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne

First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)

Molly Hamley-Clifford
Molly Hamley-Clifford

Lady Redpole (uncredited)

Leslie Handford
Leslie Handford

Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)

Cavan Malone
Cavan Malone

Young Graham (uncredited)

Jeremy Spenser
Jeremy Spenser

Young Louis (uncredited)

Carol White
Carol White

Young Sibella (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith
Laurence Naismith

Warder in Jail (uncredited)

Gordon Phillott
Gordon Phillott

Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)

Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis

Defence Counsel (uncredited)

Harold Young
Harold Young

Captain (uncredited)

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