Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.1532 |
Directed By
Robert Hamer
Crew
Michael Balcon
Roy Horniman
Peter Tanner
Douglas Slocombe
Robert Hamer
Ernest Irving
Robert Hamer
John Dighton
Hal Mason
Michael Relph
Leigh Aman
John Jympson
Nancy Mitford
Norman Priggen
Daphne Martin
Harry Frampton
Jeff Seaholme
Anthony Mendleson
Pearl Orton
Ernest Taylor
William Kellner
Sydney Pearson
Roy Baker
Bert Davey
Barbara Barnard
Seth Holt
Stephen Dalby
Ernest Irving
Geoffrey Dickinson
Phyllis Crocker
John W. Mitchell
TOP 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
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
Lyn Evans
The Farmer
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud Redpole
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
The Reporter
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole (uncredited)
Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Cavan Malone
Young Graham (uncredited)
Jeremy Spenser
Young Louis (uncredited)
Carol White
Young Sibella (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Warder in Jail (uncredited)
Gordon Phillott
Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Defence Counsel (uncredited)
Harold Young
Captain (uncredited)
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