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Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

He chopped down the family tree...

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

7.65/10

Release Date

21 June 1949

Country

United Kingdom

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

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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